[Koha-devel] Amazon Cover Images

[Mason James]

On 2013-02-21, at 3:50 PM, Mason James wrote:

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> On 2013-02-21, at 9:49 AM, Joe Atzberger wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 8:35 PM, Nicole Engard <nengard at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Frédéric Demians <frederic at tamil.fr> wrote:
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>> Isn't Open Library the solution?
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>> 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!!
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>> 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.  
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>> --Joe
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> hey Joe, long time no chat :)
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> wow, thats a bummer - OpenLibrary was looking like the best option for everyone :/
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> Joe, did anyone at #code4lib agree on a better option for the distant future, library-thing perhaps?


although, i should also mention that while OpenLibrary may not be actively adding new cover images

...there are still 13 million? *existing* cover-images at OL, that will hopefully remain available for us to use - until we sort a work-around :)