That makes sense, thanks!
–Jerod
On January 29, 2016 at 12:21:08 PM, Karen Coyle ([email protected]) wrote:
Yes, thank you for adding the covers! The OL probably doesn't have as
many kids book covers as it should, and yet these covers really matter.
I believe there are still public libraries using the OL covers to add to
their own catalogs, so let's hope these get wider visibility.
kc
On 1/29/16 8:22 AM, Jerod Santo wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I’m helping build a non-profit kids reading program
> <http://www.dibsforkids.org>, and we have an inventory of books. Instead
> of uploading book covers directly to our database, we thought it’d be
> more community-focused if we instead upload the covers to Open Library
> and then load them from there using your Covers API.
>
> We’ve uploaded a couple of test covers under the user ddorrick
> <https://openlibrary.org/people/ddorrick>. Unfortunately, after
> uploading, these covers don’t appear to be available via the API. Let’s
> use this book as the example:
>
> https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15014737W/26_Fairmount_Avenue_1_(26_Fairmount_Avenue)
>
> The cover art shows up on the page and can be reached here:
>
> https://covers.openlibrary.org/w/id/7391880-L.jpg
>
> But when we try to use the ISBN version (ISBN is the ID we have on our
> side that we can use to match books on your side), it does not exist:
>
> http://covers.openlibrary.org/b/isbn/9780307256959-L.jpg
>
> We’re holding off on uploading a bunch more cover images until we have
> some clarity that we can easily get them back out again for use on our
> site. Please let me know if we’re doing something wrong or have a
> different expectation than how it actually works.
>
> Thanks, cheers!
>
> –Jerod
>
>
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