[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Amazon added content

[Bob Wicksall]

We have the same problem with 1.6.0.8.  I did some testing with Amazon web services and found that generally new items only return book jackets if you provide a 10 digit ISBN.

I built a Drupal module to fetch the NYT bestsellers and found the same thing.  I got 0 covers with a 13 digit ISBN but almost all were returned with a 10 digit ISBN.

    http://www.owwl.org/bestsellers/list/Hardcover+Fiction

We have since switched to Syndetics for this content in Evergreen.

Bob Wicksall
Systems Administrator

Pioneer Library System
2557 State Rt. 21
Canandaigua, New York  14424


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Schell" <MSchell at forterie.library.on.ca>
To: open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:02:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Amazon added content

I'm hoping someone has some insight into how Amazon content is pulled. If a MARC record contains two 020 fields (13 and 10 digit ISBNs) our catalogue only displays book jackets if the 10-digit ISBN is first. Is there any way around this? 

Thanks, 

Michael 

Fort Erie Public Library 
http://www.forterie.library.on.ca