[LINK] What is a Bath Book?

[Tom Worthington]

Perhaps someone knowledgeable in the business of books can explain what 
a "Bath Book" is.

I was looking to see if my book "Green Technology Strategies" had found 
its way into the catalogue of the National Library of Australia. It 
hasn't, but I found it in Trove, which has next to the ISBN of the print 
edition "Bath Book": 
<http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/36420398?q=Green+Technology+Strategies&c=book>.

I had assumed "Bath Book" would be publishing jargon for something like 
"print on demand" (the ebook version has CD-I : CD-Interactive, next to 
it). But I can't find any reference to the term "Bath Book", apart from 
waterproof books for children to read in the bath.

ps: And no jokes about "green-washing" please. ;-)

pps: Trove says it got the book details from Libraries Australia, which 
is run by the NLA. So why isn't the book in the NLA catalogue?


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