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Subject: Re: [sunlightlabs] Book Data
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I've used the ISBNdb.com API with great success in the past:

http://isbndb.com/docs/api/10-intro.html

<http://isbndb.com/docs/api/10-intro.html>I wouldn't call it exhaustive, bu=
t
it has a great deal of data:

Statistics (12/05/2010):

 =95 Books: 5,650,577

 =95 Subjects: 1,940,273

 =95 Authors: 1,548,698

 =95 Publishers:   401,446

 =95 Sources: 15,788,031



On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:12 AM, cnaut <cpn...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there any way to get a large amount of basic data about
> publications (title, publisher, isbn/issn) that is very accurate? I
> have been  researching a couple of sources but I haven't been able to
> find anything that satisfies my needs. I am looking for something that
> is pretty exhaustive.
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I&#39;ve used the ISBNdb.com API with great success in the past:=A0<div><br=
></div><div><a href=3D"http://isbndb.com/docs/api/10-intro.html">http://isb=
ndb.com/docs/api/10-intro.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http=
://isbndb.com/docs/api/10-intro.html"></a>I wouldn&#39;t call it exhaustive=
, but it has a great deal of data:</div>
<div><br></div><div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left=
-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: soli=
d; padding-left: 1ex; ">
Statistics (12/05/2010):</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0=
.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border=
-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
=A0=95 <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>Boo=
ks:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>5,650,5=
77</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-widt=
h: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; pa=
dding-left: 1ex; ">
=A0=95 <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>Sub=
jects:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>1,94=
0,273</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top: 0p=
x; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-w=
idth: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid;=
 padding-left: 1ex; ">
=A0=95 <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>Aut=
hors:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>1,548=
,698</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top: 0px=
; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-wi=
dth: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; =
padding-left: 1ex; ">
=A0=95 <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>Pub=
lishers: =A0<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</spa=
n>401,446</blockquote><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin-top=
: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-le=
ft-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: so=
lid; padding-left: 1ex; ">
=A0=95 <span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>Sou=
rces:<span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre">	</span>15,78=
8,031</blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 3:12 AM, cnaut <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mail=
to:cpn...@gmail.com">cpn...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Is there any way to get a large amount of b=
asic data about<br>
publications (title, publisher, isbn/issn) that is very accurate? I<br>
have been =A0researching a couple of sources but I haven&#39;t been able to=
<br>
find anything that satisfies my needs. I am looking for something that<br>
is pretty exhaustive.<br>
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