Imagine if the app allowed for us to type in an ISBN # or scan a bar code, and then use that info to autofill all the information into the new entry page, saving us loads of time.
Thomas Nelson Publishers / Word Books has listed at least both cities over the years as its corporate headquarters. Another one is Arlington, TX.
Source: Bowker
I haven't checked to see if style standards have explicit rules about the publication city for different printings of the same edition of a book [which might , but not nessarily will, have different ISBNs and more current publication locations].
In my experience, small publishers sometimes issue a new printing of a book (even if it might contain a new foreword or a listing of a new publisher location) without submitting the documents for a new ISBN.
edit: FYI - Bowker, in addition to maintaining print and electronic databases for libraries and booksellers, is the official ISBN Agency for the United States and its territories.
The data that Zotero imports for an ISBN is determined by what the publisher registers
Not quite -- as you know, Zotero ISBN metadata is coming from the Library of Congress (and other libraries), and a lot of cataloging is done manually there, typically using the information on the inside cover of the book -- which may or may not include LoC cataloging details. For the particular series of this, you can see that LoC switches back & forth between Dallas and Waco: https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Word Biblical themes&searchCode=TALL&searchType=1&recCount=25 (The data for this particular ISBN comes from the German cross-library catalog K10+, but same deal there)
In any case, as you can see, publisher locations for modern books are neither particularly precise. But thankfully they're not particularly important, either (they really only matter for books published before ~1870)
https://www.zotero.org/blog/scan-books-into-zotero-from-your-iphone-or-ipad/
ie. the below shows the city is Dallas
0849902231, 9780849902239
But amazon and other venue shows Waco (which i believe is correct)
https://www.amazon.com/Biblical-Commentary-Isaiah-watts-513pp/dp/0849902231/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q8BV4GWZ9MB1&keywords=isaiah+1-33+watts&qid=1652729229&sprefix=isaiah.+1-33+watts,aps,53&sr=8-1&asin=0849902231&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
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Source: Bowker
I haven't checked to see if style standards have explicit rules about the publication city for different printings of the same edition of a book [which might , but not nessarily will, have different ISBNs and more current publication locations].
In my experience, small publishers sometimes issue a new printing of a book (even if it might contain a new foreword or a listing of a new publisher location) without submitting the documents for a new ISBN.
edit: FYI - Bowker, in addition to maintaining print and electronic databases for libraries and booksellers, is the official ISBN Agency for the United States and its territories.
(The data for this particular ISBN comes from the German cross-library catalog K10+, but same deal there)
In any case, as you can see, publisher locations for modern books are neither particularly precise. But thankfully they're not particularly important, either (they really only matter for books published before ~1870)