Amazon UK, Canada, France, Germany added
I've added support for Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.ca, Amazon.fr and Amazon.de. It took a while, but it works. (Don't mention "character sets" to me today. I might start crying.) There's a little menu on the Add books page.
I've also added the ability to search "the Amazons" first. Whether this makes sense depends upon the depth of the LC's collections in a language and what you're looking for. I have a feeling that non-US scholarly works are well-represented, but for something like French Manga it's pointless to try. If you're entering a lot of non-US books, let me know which you end up using.
Next up: Sleeping.
I've also added the ability to search "the Amazons" first. Whether this makes sense depends upon the depth of the LC's collections in a language and what you're looking for. I have a feeling that non-US scholarly works are well-represented, but for something like French Manga it's pointless to try. If you're entering a lot of non-US books, let me know which you end up using.
Next up: Sleeping.
posted by Tim at 7:31 PM
6 Comments:
Not a comment on this feature, but on the site:
Holy smoke!
I've just stumbled into this app. Fan-frickin'-tastic!
I just found out about this site yesterday. This site is awesome! I'm very eager to catalog of my books finally and I have to say it is a little addicting.
I'm very impressed with all the thought and work that you've put into this. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for adding the other Amazon sites. I'm seriously addicted - just found the site this morning, and I can't quit entering books.
I *love* this new feature. There were a fair number of my books that weren't found on the first run-through. I'll have to try again with these new settings!
Hey, cool! Thanks a lot!
Sonja from germany :)
If a book is found in one of the foreign amazons, I don't think you should default to the LoC entry, as you seem to. This rather defeats the purpose of having a separate lookup for English editions.
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