[thelist] World Full of Books - Database Collection

Steve Lewis nepolon at worlddomination.net
Tue Jul 13 14:19:12 CDT 2004


Rob Smith wrote:

> Is there some MASTER database for ISBN that I can run queries off of?

Depending on how you want to query (what keys you want to search on), 
you have a number of options.  What you want to do is connect to a 
public web service to do your query.

Samples found on google (serach: Web Service ISBN)

a 3rd party web service, by ISBN
http://www.perfectxml.net/WebServices/SalesRankNPrice/BookService.asmx

Amazon.com's web service, more complex
http://www.devx.com/Intel/Article/17089

Steve


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