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Subject: License ISBN Database
Category: Business and Money
Asked by: abemccallum-ga
List Price: $50.00
Posted: 15 Sep 2006 09:58 PDT
Expires: 15 Oct 2006 09:58 PDT
Question ID: 765593
Hi all, 

I am looking to get access to the complete ISBN Database and use it
for an online book service that I am working on.  What I need from the
ISBN DB is this:  When a user puts in the ISBN # into the text field
and they hit submit, the ISBN # would be looked up in the DB and then
return the author, title, book cover image, etc.

I just cant figure out where to get ahold of the ISBN Database.  I
know from online readings that Amazon accesses it to post new books
for sale on its site.  If we can get access to it for free that would
be great, but if we need to license it for a fee that is fine as well.
 I just need to find out how we can get access to the service.  The
ISBN DB doesnt have to reside on our servers, we can make a call
through an API to another website to pull the data back for the user.
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Subject: Re: License ISBN Database
Answered By: bobbie7-ga on 15 Sep 2006 12:08 PDT
 
Hello abemccallum,

Bowker offers a number of excellent options that should work for you.
http://www.bowker.com/company/about.htm

Books In Print ON DISC

?The database is searchable by any word in the database as well as all
standard LC and Sears subject headings. For maximum search capability,
you can combine any number of search categories -- from author, title,
subject, and publisher to ISBN, price, publication date, and grade
level.?

 ??Books In Print ON DISC puts the world of in-print and forthcoming
books at your fingertips. The monthly updated disc includes full
bibliographic information on over 2.5 million titles from more than
90,000 publishers. To help with your acquisition, Bowker?s CDs fully
integrate with your POS System, and full contact information on over
90,000 publishers and distributors is also included.
http://www.bowker.com/catalog/000013.htm


Global Books In Print ON DISC
?Updated monthly, this 2-disc set is an invaluable, one-stop resource
for bibliographic information on books published in the UK, US,
Australia and New Zealand, and offers information on more than 2.7
million English-language titles from over 101,000 publishers
throughout the world.?
Updated monthly 
http://www.bowker.com/catalog/000017.htm

 
Online databases 
http://www.bowker.com/products/online.htm

BooksInPrint.com Professional 
An online version of the highly regarded Books In Print®, this product
is an indispensable resource for booksellers, publishers and
librarians, which offers complete, unbiased bibliographic information
on over 5.8 million in-print, out-of-print, and forthcoming book,
audio, and video titles.
http://www.bowker.com/catalog/000005.htm


BooksIn Print
http://www.booksinprint.com/bip/


GlobalBooksInPrint.com 
Featuring over 14.8 million English and Spanish-language titles from
the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, this
website is the ultimate title resource, offering price comparisons and
availability information from international vendors.
http://www.bowker.com/catalog/000008.htm


Data Licensing Information
http://www.bowker.com/products/licensing.htm

 
Product Sales
http://www.bowker.com/contact/sales.htm 


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From ISBN tools:

Where can I get an ISBN database?

?If you need an ISBN database, you have the choice of buying one or
collecting free data. Because most book data is available for free,
there's not a big market for ISBN databases. Nonetheless you can
subscribe to books-in-print data services from Library of Congress
(recommended), Muse (recommended, but expensive), Baker&Taylor and
Ingram.

Most people asking this question are interested in free data, which
unfortunately means they need to know about "MARC records" and
"Z39.50". MARC records are how libraries add book data to their
catalogs, and Z39.50 is a protocol (like http) used to request and
deliver MARC records. Luckily, you don't need to know much more than
that. Endnote, from ISIResearchSoft is software that can connect to
libraries using Z39.50 to download book data. You can also use it with
MSWord to automate the production of reference lists. You should be
able to get all the ISBN data that you need with EndNote. (There's
also a version for Mac)?
http://isbntools.com/


Endnote 
http://www.endnote.com/ 
Free Trial
http://www.endnote.com/endemo.asp
Purchase here
http://www.endnote.com/enpurchase.asp



Aurora ZMarc Collector
Aurora ZMarc Collector is a 'hands-free' search tool that uses a text
file of ISBN numbers and searches multiple library databases around
the world in order to find and save MARC bibliographic records
associated with the ISBN numbers. Aurora ZMarc Collector uses Z39.50
technology and supports non-Roman scripts.
http://www.loc.gov/marc/marctools.html

Aurora ZMarc 
http://www.ait.com.au/aitweb/azmarc.htm

Aurora ZMarc Collector is a utility which accepts a text file of ISBN
numbers and allows you to search multiple library databases around the
world at no cost in order to find and save Marc records associated
with these ISBN numbers
http://www.ait.com.au/aitweb/azm2.htm


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Wholesale Remainders ? Free Service
Insert up to 100 book ISBNs. Results for each book can be exported to
Excel for sorting or other purposes. We are using Amazon Web Services
Beta testing mode. Currently, free, unlimited usage - look up as many
books as you need!
http://www.wholesaleremainders.com/isbn.php


Biblio.com 
Search for one book or multiple books by ISBN Number! 
http://www.biblio.com/isbn/


Search over 70 millions of new books, old books, used books 
http://www.isbn.pl/


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I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7
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