I am trying to find a list of what ISBNs are in use. I guess I could scrape a website like Amazon but that would waste a lot of bandwidth. Is there a better (free) way?
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Maybe you could use the remote API for isbndb.com.
Trying to keep an enormous ISBN list up-to-date yourself is quite a huge task if you ask me.
ChristopheD
2010-03-03 22:55:15
yeah I saw that previously, but their daily query limits are too low
Plumo
2010-03-04 03:19:03
Can someone with edit privileges correct the spelling above please? enormouse -> enormous
whybird
2010-03-04 22:38:58
@whybird: fixed it ;-)
ChristopheD
2010-03-05 09:09:48
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Just for the record: note that if you actually want an ISBN for your publication, you need to go to the official agency in your country. In the US this is http://www.isbn.org/ , but it varies by country. In Australia, for example, it is here.
whybird
2010-03-03 23:02:48
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This might help: What is the most complete (free) ISBN API?
As the accepted answer states there is also an API to search Amazon but it's not actually supposed to be used in the way you wish to.
Dolbz
2010-03-05 09:23:35