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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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Given a ISBN/ASIN, how to get the list of all books by the same author (including kindle only books)?

Most kindle books don't have ISBN, just ASIN. Given a ISBN or ASIN, is it possible to get the list of all books by the same author (both paper and ebooks)? Does amazon have some kind of author ID, that uniquely identifies authors?
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How to limit returns on an edition search using isbnlib library in Python?

Right now I have: editions = isbnlib.editions(isbn) print(editions) This returns about 100 similar isbns to the one entered within the parentheses. The problem is, this really slows down my program unnecessarily, as I only want 4 or 5 results. Is…
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Which data type should be used for ISBN10 and ISBN13?

According to the algorithm for ISBN10, the check digit can be X, it means, it may not be a number. But the output of google API: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:xxx uses an integer type for ISBN10 and ISBN13. Why? P.S.: The…
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code that checks if value entered is a valid 13 digit ISBN. What is wrong with it??? #Interpreter returns list index out of range

isbn = [] for Count in range(1,14): ISBN = int(input("Please enter the next digit of ISBN: ")) isbn.append(ISBN) CalculatedDigit = 0 Count = 1 while Count < 14: CalculatedDigit = CalculatedDigit + isbn[Count] Count = Count + 1 …
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How to alter this Amazon Product Advertising API PHP connection to search for ISBNs

I am using a PHP class to interact with the Amazon Product advertising API. I need to be able to look up books (ISBN numbers) however this class does not seem to support it. I have attempted to modify the keywords function to accept ISBN number…
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Using CheckSum with C++ for 13 Digit ISBN

I am trying to calculate the final digit of a 13 digit ISBN using the first 12 digits using C++. I feel like my code should be correct but I have a feeling the formula I'm using may be wrong. The formula is: 10 - (d0 + d1 * 3 + d2 + d3 * 3 + d4 + d5…
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How to get multiple inputs on the same line without white space

I am doing a program for my CS class. It wasn't hard to setup and it does what it is supposed to. My problem though is that I want it to take all the inputs on the same line without any white space. The program is supposed to take the first 9 digits…
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bookTest.java prints out author arrayList, but not isbn

Requirements: accommodate multiple authors using one of the components from the Java Collection Framework. Requires one book with an isbn and a Collection of authors. JUnit: Guidance for testValidate: Test for at least two cases (one case where the…
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What type should I use to store the ISBN number in C?

I'm creating a code which storing the book data into a struct. So, the data including the book's title, author's name, price and ISBN number (which including the dashes to group the 13-digit code). So for title and name, for sure using string and…
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ISBN 12 to 13 digit

I'm trying to return the ISBN-13 check digit from a 12-digit ISBN but have encountered a bizarre error. Take the following as my 12-digit ISBN - 978311020318 Each digit is alternatively multiplied by 1 or 3. 9*1 + 7*3 + 8*1 + 3*3 + 1*1 + 1*3 + 0*1…
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Retrieving book details by ISBN through Amazon AWS Product Advertising API using .NET

I wish to retrieve book details (in XML) from Amazon Web Services (AWS) Product Advertising API by sending a (conceptually) simple request containing the ISBN number of the book from a VB.NET program. I have an Amazon AWS Account with an AWS Access…
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Extract book cover page using isbndb android

I am using ISBN-DB for book lookup using ISBN number. I cam able to extract the name, title, etc using the same. But how to extract the cover page info using ISBNDB? If not feasibe, can anyone kindly guide on any other ISBN lookup api for android to…
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Clubbing reprints of a book with different ISBNs

I am using Google Books API to let a user search for a particular book and display the results. The problem is that different editions of the same book have different ISBNs. Is there any way to club these reprints, based on the information the API…
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Querying API Loop VB.NET

I am attempting to create a home-library database program. I have a barcode scanner and want to be able to look up the book's ISBN online and add the title and author to a Microsoft Access file. I have every part of my code working except the…
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How can I replace the ISBN with the Google Books ID in a MARC file, using Perl?

I've got a file with some book data in MARC format, of which some lines are ISBNs. I'd like to replace these lines with the Google Books ID of that ISBN, if it exists. Here's the code so far, which just ends up removing the lines: perl -pe…
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