[Koha] AmazonContent-- Hit and Miss?

Nicole Engard nicole.engard at liblime.com
Sat Aug 23 03:57:35 NZST 2008


I'd submit it as a bug.


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On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Max Crowe <newdurhamlibrary at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ata:
>
> That's it exactly!  The 10 digit ISBN number has to be present, and first.
> The 13 digits don't work at all.
>
> Thanks, everyone.   At least I know how to proceed at this point to get my
> new items connecting with Amazon.  But I wonder, might this be considered a
> bug?   The plan, is, after all, to phase out ISBN-10...
>
> Max
>
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:15 AM, Ata ur Rehman <ata.rehman at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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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