The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference: version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 21:00 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added **The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference** (ISBN 9780316346627), the 2002 Back Bay Books trade paperback by Malcolm Gladwell, taken from the wanted list. - Identity: Open Library edition OL3321247M (Back Bay Books, Boston, 2002, xii + 301 pp., 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.), Wikidata Q125911686 (ISBN-13 and ISBN-10, publisher Little, Brown and Company), and the Hachette Book Group listing, which prints the ISBN (verdict: listing). - Markets: US (USD 21.99) and CA (CAD 28.99) from the publisher's listing; Barnes & Noble also lists the paperback. - Relations: published_by Little, Brown and Company (sourced, Wikidata). Brand Back Bay Books is imprint_of Little, Brown (derived). Little, Brown is owned_by Hachette Book Group from 2006 (Wikipedia). - Stubs: brand/back-bay-books, company/little-brown-and-company, company/hachette-book-group, family/the-tipping-point. - Research gaps: page count disputed (301 in Open Library vs 304 at HBG); current imprint logo unknown (HBG says Little, Brown Paperbacks); printer not found; no licensed cover image. - No GS1 prefix owner edge: 978 is Bookland and names no licensee. The archived 2009 Barcodepedia page is cited for identity only.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 09780316346627
name: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
family: family/the-tipping-point
default_observation: back-bay-pbk-2002
summary: Back Bay Books trade paperback of Malcolm Gladwell's 2000 debut book, first issued in 2002.
brand: brand/back-bay-books
category: category/10000926
country_of_sale: US, CA
pack_format: trade paperback
status: active
last_seen: 2026-09-13
last_seen_note: Listed as an available trade paperback on the Hachette Book Group and Barnes & Noble sites.
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ------------ | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| published_by | company/little-brown-and-company | | | | | sourced | ^wikidata | Wikidata names Little, Brown and Company as publisher of this ISBN; Open Library names its Back Bay Books imprint; Hachette Book Group lists the title under Little, Brown Paperbacks. |
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## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | --------- |
| US | sourced | ^hbg | Publisher's listing for ISBN 9780316346627, trade paperback, US dollar price. | 2026-09-13 | new | | USD 21.99 |
| CA | sourced | ^hbg | Publisher's listing for ISBN 9780316346627 gives a Canadian dollar price for the trade paperback. | 2026-09-13 | new | | CAD 28.99 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| 0316346624 | search | | | |
| The Tipping Point | name | en | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Book <!--book-->
authors: Malcolm Gladwell
imprint: brand/back-bay-books
publisher: company/little-brown-and-company
edition: 1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
binding: paperback
pages: 301
language: en
published: 2002-01-07
isbn10: 0316346624
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## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| back-bay-pbk-2002 | Back Bay Books trade paperback, 2002 | edition | US | en | 2002-01-07 | | 2026-09-13 | supported | | | | ^ol | Open Library: Back Bay Books, Boston, 2002, xii + 301 pages, with a new afterword by the author; on-sale date 7 January 2002 per Hachette Book Group. | | | | trade paperback | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | note |
| ----------------- | ---------------- | ------ | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| back-bay-pbk-2002 | Malcolm Gladwell | author | ^ol | Also author of the new afterword in this edition (by statement). |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------------- | -------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------ |
| back-bay-pbk-2002 | specifications | disputed | Page count: Open Library's MARC-derived record gives xii + 301 pages; the Hachette Book Group listing gives 304 pages. Book.pages keeps 301 from the catalogue record. | ^hbg |
| | identity | unknown | Hachette Book Group now lists this ISBN under Little, Brown Paperbacks while the 2002 catalogue record names Back Bay Books; no source read states whether current printings carry the Back Bay Books or Little, Brown Paperbacks logo. | ^hbg |
| | relationships | not_researched | Printer (manufactured_by) not named by any source read. | |
| | images | unknown | No openly licensed cover photo found; Open Library cover files carry no stated licence. | |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-13
note: Discover pass from the wanted list: identity confirmed by Open Library, Wikidata and the publisher's listing, all printing this ISBN.
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| ol | https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9780316346627.json | Open Library edition record: The Tipping Point (1st Back Bay pbk. ed., 2002) | 2026-09-13 | Open Library | catalogue | | OL3321247M | publishers, publish_date, number_of_pages, edition_name, notes | CC0 | | |
| hbg | https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/the-tipping-point/9780316346627/ | The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell: Trade Paperback | 2026-09-13 | Hachette Book Group | manufacturer | | | Formats and Prices; product details | | | |
| bn | https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-tipping-point-malcolm-gladwell/1100221685?ean=9780316346627 | The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Paperback | 2026-09-13 | Barnes & Noble | retailer | | | EAN in URL and cover image file name; paperback price | | | |
| wikidata | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125911686 | Wikidata Q125911686: The Tipping Point, Little, Brown edition | 2026-09-13 | Wikidata | catalogue | | Q125911686 | P212 ISBN-13, P123 publisher, P629 edition of | CC0 | | |
| wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tipping_Point | The Tipping Point | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| wiki-lb | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little,_Brown_and_Company | Little, Brown and Company | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead; History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| wiki-hbg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_Book_Group | Hachette Book Group | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| bcp2009 | https://web.archive.org/web/20090521111004/http://en.barcodepedia.com/9780316346627/the-tipping-point-how-little-things-can-make-a-big-difference | Archived Barcodepedia page for 9780316346627 (captured 2009-05-21) | 2026-09-13 | Barcodepedia (Internet Archive capture) | other | 2009-05-21 | | title, author, publisher line | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference is the debut book by Canadian writer Malcolm Gladwell, first published by Little, Brown in 2000; it argues that ideas, products and behaviours spread like epidemics once they cross a threshold.[^wiki] This barcode is the ISBN of the Back Bay Books trade paperback published in Boston in 2002, catalogued as the first Back Bay paperback edition with a new afterword by the author.[^ol] Wikidata records the edition under Little, Brown and Company,[^wikidata] a division of Hachette Book Group since 2006,[^wiki-lb] and the publisher still sells it as a Little, Brown Paperbacks title.[^hbg]
The 2006-2013 Barcodepedia already carried this barcode as a Back Bay Books title by Malcolm Gladwell.[^bcp2009] Barnes & Noble lists the same paperback.[^bn]
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