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The International Standard Book Number is an ISO standardized identifier for books. It consists of 10 or 13 digits (including 'X'), of which the last is a check character.

ISBNs are assigned by publishers to identify books across systems.

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Google books API searching by ISBN

I am trying to figure out how to search for a book by ISBN using the Google Books API. I need to write a program that searches for an ISBN then prints out the title, author, and edition. I tried using List volumesList = books.volumes.list(""); but…
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Are there any good APIs to search for books via ISBN?

I am working on an iOS app and I have a list of ISBNs. I want to pull up book cover image, title, author, and other nice-to-haves if available, like reviews, price, etc. I tried using the Google Books API, but newer books are not listed in their…
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How to automatically apply ISBN hyphenation?

I've got ISBN numbers (10-digits and 13 digits) without the dashes. Now I'm looking for a way to add those dashes automatically. I found some useful information…
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regex differentiating between ISBN-10 and ISBN-13

I have an If-else statement which checks a string to see whether there is an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 (book ID). The problem I am facing is with the ISBN-10 check which occurs before the ISBN-13 check, the ISBN-10 check will match anything with 10…
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How to get ISBN number from a book title and author programmatically?

Is there a way to get ISBN number from the title of the book and author programmatically (preferably in Python)? Does Amazon provide web services for this? If so, how can one use it?
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What is the best data type for ISBN10 and ISBN13 in a MySQL datase

For an application I'm currently building I need a database to store books. The schema of the books table should contain the following attributes: id, isbn10, isbn13, title, summary What data types should I use for ISBN10 and ISBN13? My first…
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How to retrieve book's information in XML/JSON from library of congress by ISBN

The Library of Congress has a site to search books by ISBN. A simple way to retrive book's information is using a URL like: http://lccn.loc.gov/2009019559/mods where it returns a XML structure that may parse easily. The URL requires a unique LCCN…
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Looking up book title with ISBN

Is there a free way to look up the title of a book using its ISBN number? I know there is isbndb.com, but they limit you to 500 look ups per day. Also I noticed there is the Google Books API, is there a limit with Google Books?
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iOS Unable to use Books API on google

I am scanning ISBN code and searching the book on the basis of that code on google in my iOS app. I created the app on google.I have keys for browser apps and I also created keys for iOS app. Now here is the API I am…
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Converting ISBN10 to ISBN13

I have tried to convert ISBN10 codes to ISBN13 numbers with Java. From . On isbn-13.info I found the way to convert them. Example: 0-123456-47-9 Begin with prefix of “978” Use the first nine numeric characters of the ISBN (include dashes)…
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How can I looki up editions of a book using the Amazon Product Advertising API?

Is there a way to look up the various editions of a book based on its ISBN using the Amazon Product Advertising API? And, more generally, what are the various choices for looking up edition metadata on a book? Only one I know of for sure is the…
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Regular expression for an ISBN 13

Hi all I'm trying all the time to make a regular expression for XML in my .xsd. This expression should verify an ISBN-13 number but I couldn't get further than this: ISBN (978|979)[ |-][0-9]{1,5}[ |-][0-9]{1,7}[ |-][0-9]{1,7}[0-9]{1} This is ok if…
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Can a valid 13-digit ISBN have 'x as one of characters?

can a valid 13-digit ISBN have any character other then digit 0-9? i.e., can a valid 13-digit ISBN contain character 'X'?
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Generating a fake ISBN from book title? (Or: How to hash a string into a 6-digit numeric ID)

Short version: How can I turn an arbitrary string into a 6-digit number with minimal collisions? Long version: I'm working with a small library that has a bunch of books with no ISBNs. These are usually older, out-of-print titles from tiny…
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correct way to model isbn number in j2ee app

I am trying out a web app using servlets and jsps and need to model isbn number of an item in my class as well as in hibernate mappings. Which should be the type of an isbn number?Long or String? I had come across many tutorials that use either of…
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