Barcodes exceptional success in
identifying product for sale purposes, inventory and manufacturing
control and other applications has resulted in many books on the
subject. Here are some that you can purchase from on-line
retailers:
- George Laurer, Engineering was Fun
a readible biography of an IBM engineer's life with 37 pages on the events surrounding his design of the U.P.C. Barcode.
- Bill Selmeier, Spreading the Barcode the personal account of his experience working with grocery manufacturers and the packaging and printing industry to encourage placing the Barcode on consumer packaging and his experience helping IBM to evolve its electronic cash register products to be competitive in the market of the 1970s.