do we ISBN when we're about to look for a book we want to buy? i mean. if i want to buy a book, then i give its ISBN to someone in charge, would that be effective coz i have list of books i want to buy and i wanted to save time searching for it. but i was wondering if the bookstore had them listed.|||You can easily search for an ISBN on an online book store and you should be able to use it in a book store to confirm you have the right book.|||The bookstore will be able to look up the book based on the ISBN, just make sure the numbers are complete and that it is the ISBN for the precise edition you want. ISBNs will differ for paperback and hardcover editions and audiobooks of the same book as well as for US and UK editions, etc. Be extra careful to make sure that you don't make a costly mistake.
**edit: Okay, I just reread your question and realized that I had misunderstood what you wanted to do. I assumed you wanted to special order some books that were not available on the shelves, in which case using the ISBN would be an option.
If you are just wanting to find the books in the store then giving the bookstore clerk a list of ISBNs is a surefire way to make them hate you. If you know the titles of the books you want and can't find them on the shelves or are unsure what section they would be shelved in it is appropriate to ask for assistance but if you think that it's too much work to check for yourself then I wouldn't expect to get too much assistance, you'll probably annoy them and they'll tell you that they don't have any of the books you're looking for in stock.
Cheers.
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