[Koha-devel] Amazon Cover Images

[Mason James]

On 2013-02-21, at 9:49 AM, Joe Atzberger wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Frédéric Demians <frederic at tamil.fr> wrote:
> 
> Isn't Open Library the solution?
> 
> Yes, but most libraries aren't picking Open Library cause the images are so tini tiny :) So hopefully that is resolved in 3.12 or in a later 3.10 release so that I can start getting everyone to switch!!
> 
> I regret to report that as of last week at #code4lib conference in Chicago, the status of Open Library as a jacket image source is rather questionable.  It has not been loading updates since last summer and current development is in unrelated areas areas of interest (e.g. ebooks).  It is unclear when this production/maintenance will be picked up and by whom.  
> 
> --Joe


hey Joe, long time no chat :)

wow, thats a bummer - OpenLibrary was looking like the best option for everyone :/


Joe, did anyone at #code4lib agree on a better option for the distant future, library-thing perhaps?