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HarperCollins OpenBook API
I found this today on Mashery and thought I should share it with you all!
HarperCollins Publishers, one of the world’s leading English-language publishers, has just recently announced its OpenBook API Beta.
HarperCollins is a broad-based publisher with fortes in literary and commercial fiction, children’s books, cookbooks, business books, mystery, romance, reference, religious books — you name it. Consistently at the forefront of innovation and technological advancement, HarperCollins is the first publisher to digitize its content and create a global digital warehouse to protect the rights of its authors, meet consumer demand, and also generate other business opportunities.
In continuing this tradition of being tech-forward, the publishing company has taken yet another grand step forward in the tech-savvy API industry. This means that everyone will have access to information and tools to build their own book and author-related applications and mashups.
To register for a key and access to the Developer Network, click here.
For more info about this new API, click here to view the documentation
Let me know if your library comes up with a way to use this to improve services!
Library Mashups and Puppy Love
I am at Computers in Libraires this week where I did a signing of Library Mashups and met Karen, the mom of Mosby! She reminded me of this picture from when the book was first published and I wanted to share it with you all again because it’s just too cute!
Mosby has decided that the best way to digest all of the content in Library Mashups he needed to take a big bite.
Original found on Flickr
Book Signing at Computers in Libraries
On Wednesday, March 21 from 5:00–5:45 PM during the Computers in Libraries Networking Reception in the exhibit hall, I will be sitting with many of my fellow authors signing copies of Library Mashups. Stop by and pick up a copy for 40% off or feel free to bring a copy you bought before!!
Information Today Inc Book Sale!
Information Today, Inc. is offering a one-time discount to all of our customers, friends, and family. From now through Monday, January 16, 2012, receive 40% off all book purchases made through the Information Today, Inc. website. The discount is good on an unlimited number of orders placed during the sale period—and with more than 150 titles available on our website, there’s something for everyone.
To get the discount, use the promo code ITIHOLIDAY at the check out on our online store.
Chapter 11 Update
While doing a check of the links in the book I have found that the service mentioned in chapter 11, ‡biblios.net, is no longer available or supported. All links from this chapter will be removed and the chapter page updated accordingly.
25% Discount on Library Mashups
Didn’t get the chance to buy books from ITI (including Library Mashups) when you were at ALA or SLA this summer? Well fear not, there is still time to get the books you want!We are offering a discount of 25% off the retail price on our books purchased online at www.infotoday.com.
The sale runs from Monday, August 1 through Monday, September 5. The discount is good on an unlimited number of orders placed during the sale period—and with more than 150 titles to choose from, there’s something here for everyone.
Ordering on the ITI website is secure and easy, and the discount applies to all in-stock titles published by ITI and featured on our website, including:
- CyberAge books for internet-savvy businesses and consumers
- ITI Books for library and information professionals
- American Society for Indexing (ASI) books
- American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) books
- Plexus Publishing books
To get the discount use the promo code ITISP when you check out!
Important: This discount offer applies to the regular retail cover price of each book and cannot be combined with any other discount offer. Directories and periodicals are excluded from this offer, as are co-published/distributed titles and ASI/ASIS&T member prices. Standard shipping rates apply. For international orders please email our customer service department at custserv@infotoday.com for shipping costs. New Jersey residents please add 7% state sales tax.
Library Mashups in Chinese
Library Mashups has been translated to Chinese and is now available in print!
Creating Mobile Mashups
Jason Clark, Library Mashups chapter author, shared a link to a series of articles about using HTML5 to create mobile mashups via his Google Buzz page. I thought that this series would be perfect to share with you all here. The following is the summary of the series:
HTML 5 is a very hyped technology, but with good reason. It promises to be a technological tipping point for bringing desktop application capabilities to the browser. As promising as it is for traditional browsers, it has even more potential for mobile browsers. Even better, the most popular mobile browsers have already adopted and implemented many significant parts of the HTML 5 specification. In this five-part series, you will take a closer look at several of those new technologies that are part of HTML 5, that can have a huge impact on mobile Web application development. In each part of this series you will develop a working mobile Web application showcasing an HTML 5 feature that can be used on modern mobile Web browsers, like the ones found on the iPhone and Android-based devices.
Check out part one (with links to all of the other parts).
Library Mashups now on Kobo
We’ve slowly been adding Library Mashups to ebook readers. I have previoously announced the Kindle and Nook editions. Today I get to announce the Kobo edition!
Library Mashups Available on Nook
A few months ago I announced the availability of Library Mashups on the Amazon Kindle. Today (as a Nook owner) I’m happy to let you know that the book is available for the Nook.
If you’ve been holding off on buying the book because it wasn’t available for your ebook reader, hopefully now you can find the version of the book that’s right for you.
