[Koha] AmazonContent-- Hit and Miss?

[Ata ur Rehman]

I think the problem is in ISBN13 (9780743290111).  I tried different
options.  Here are the results:

1- Only ISBN13 (9780743290111) --> No Image and Review
2- Only ISBN10 (0743290119) --> Image and Reviews displayed
3- Both ISBN 13 and 10 (Same order, First 13 and 2nd 10) -- No Image and
Review
4- Both ISBN 10 and 13 (Same order, First 10 and 2nd 13) -- Image and
Reviews displayed

(Note: I am using Koha 228 on Windows, not 3 :) )

Ata
LISolutions.org

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 2:08 AM, Max Crowe <newdurhamlibrary at gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for everyone's help on this issue, although I'm still struggling to
> figure out what's actually happening.  To respond to questions and
> suggestions:
>
> 1) I am entering the ISBN without any hyphens or spaces.
>
> 2) We are talking about books for which the ISBN shouldn't have been
> reissued.
>
> Let's take the book "Chasing Harry Winston" by Lauren Weisberger, for
> example.  Below is the MARC record in our catalog:
>
> LDR 01080cam a22002894a 4500
> 001 2008006696
> 003 DLC
> 005 20080807154700.0
> 008 080214s2008 nyu 000 1 eng
> 010 _a 2008006696
> 020 _a9780743290111 :
>   _c$25.95
> 020 _a0743290119 :
>   _c$25.95
> 035 _a(NjBwBT)bt2008012287
> 040 _aDLC
>   _cDLC
>   _dDLC
>   _dNjBwBT
> 043 _an-us-ny
> 069 _a09912362
> 082 14 _aFIC
>   _214
> 090 _aF WEI
> 100 1 _aWeisberger, Lauren,
>   _d1977-
> 245 10 _aChasing Harry Winston /
>   _cLauren Weisberger.
> 260 _aNew York :
>   _bSimon & Schuster,
>   _cc2008.
> 300 _a280 p. ;
>   _c25 cm.
> 520 _aMaking a pact that they will change the things that most challenge
> them within a year's time, Manhattan friends Emmy, Leigh, and Adriana shed
> their downtrodden identities in order to pursue the high life.
> 852 1 _hF WEI
>   _p34710000092498
>   _808132008
>   _9P25.95usd
> 935 _a08122008
> 999 _c11785
>   _d11785
> 952 _w2008-08-20
>   _p34710000092498
>   _r2008-08-20
>   _40
>   _00
>   _6F_WEI
>   _911817
>   _bNDPL
>   _10
>   _oF WEI
>   _d2008-08-20
>   _8FIC
>   _70
>   _c5
>   _2ddc
>   _yBOOK
>   _aNDPL
>
> Which does not retrieve an Amazon image or review.  Of course, Amazon has
> all this info.  You can see it all at the page:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Harry-Winston-Lauren-Weisberger/dp/0743290119/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219350647&sr=8-1
>
> And if you look at the revelent portion of the page--
>
> Product Details
> Hardcover: 288 pages
> Publisher: Simon & Schuster (May 27, 2008)
> Language: English
> ISBN-10: 0743290119
> ISBN-13: 978-0743290111
> Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
>
> --you can see that Amazon has the same ISBN numbers that I do!  This is a
> book that came out in late May-- so I can't imagine what's going on here.
>  Why are some of my items correctly interfacing with Amazon, while others
> aren't?  I've honestly been pouring over MARC records trying to figure out
> the "magic" difference between books that retrieve hits on Amazon, and books
> that don't.   But I'm stumped-- what am I missing?
>
> And are other libraries having similar issues, here?  Or is it just me?
>
> Max
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Joe Atzberger <ohiocore at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Amazon images are retrieved by ISBN, so you might want to check your
>> ISBNs against the hits you get at Amazon.  With older items, the likelihood
>> of having been issued and reissued under multiple ISBNs is rather high.
>>
>> I'll leave the question of where to catalog ISBNs for others to address.
>>
>> --joe
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Max Crowe <newdurhamlibrary at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi:
>>>
>>> I'm a Library Director at a small library in New Hampshire.  We just
>>> started using Koha (3.00.00.107), and we're using the AmazonContent
>>> function to have our catalog pick up book covers and reviews from Amazon.
>>> It works, but I can't help but notice that the hit rate for the interface is
>>> rather low-- there's a large number of items in our collection for which we
>>> aren't getting any book covers or reviews.  This would be expected,
>>> certainly, for some of the older and more esoteric things in our
>>> collection.  But I'm finding that even as I catalog new items-- Love the One
>>> You're With by Emily Griffin, for example-- they also aren't getting any
>>> hits from Amazon.  (And, if you search Amazon, you can easily find the book
>>> cover and reviews.)
>>>
>>> Are any other libraries using this function?  If so, what sort of
>>> hit/miss ratio are you getting?  Is there some field I should be using when
>>> cataloging to ensure this function works better?
>>>
>>> Max Crowe,
>>> Library Director
>>> New Durham Public Library
>>>
>>
>
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