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Some time ago Anna's Archive launched a contest to create a visualization of the “ISBN space,” i.e., all books registered through this code. The results are spectacular. I recommend that you search for any book in the winning tool for an authentically Borgesian experience.
Winner: https://phiresky.github.io/isbn-visualization/
List of winners: https://annas-archive.org/blog/all-isbns-winners.html
@entreprecariat Holy moley, that is incredible.
@entreprecariat Look what I found on the German shelf, @sciencebusters.
@entreprecariat that's indeed an impressive implementation.
And once again I'm surprised how shitty the ISBN system is. When creating a registry, why not at least provide basic DC-like metadata that people can use to look up when searching for the ISBN number...