This works:

http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:978-1-4493-0322-8&jscmd=data&format=json

We need to improve our handling of ISBNs.

On 2011-02-01 16:13, Peter Murray wrote:
> I'm having problems linking to ISBNs that have been added to Open 
> Library in the past few days. These are cases where I've created a new 
> work or a new edition of an existing work. In only one case -- the third 
> one below -- where the ISBN already existed in Open Library -- is the 
> Open Book plugin for WordPress ISBN working. In the other two cases, I'm 
> getting "[No Book Data for this Book Number]". If I search for ISBN in 
> the advanced search interface of the Open Library website, it will find 
> the work and edition.
> 
> /[openbook booknumber="9780596809799" 
> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596809799";] <br clear="all" />/
> 
> /[No Book Data for this Book Number]/
> 
> [openbook booknumber="9781449303228" 
> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9781449303228";] <br clear="all" />
> 
> /[No Book Data for this Book Number]/
> /
> /
> 
> [openbook booknumber="9780596557270" 
> publisherurl="http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596557270";] <br clear="all" />
> 
> Head First Physics 
> <http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24598378M/Head_First_Physics>
> Heather Lang <http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL3497359A/Heather_Lang>; 
> O'Reilly <http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596557270> 2009
> WorldCat <http://worldcat.org/isbn/9780596557270>•LibraryThing 
> <http://librarything.com/isbn/9780596557270>•Google Books 
> <http://books.google.com/books?as_isbn=9780596557270>•BookFinder 
> <http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?st=xl&ac=qr&isbn=9780596557270>
> /
> /
> /
> /
> 
> For the one that does work, the API call made by the Open Book plug-in 
> seems to be:
> 
> http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780596557270&jscmd=data&format=json
>  
> <http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9780596557270&jscmd=data&format=json>
> 
> It returns an Open Library JSON object. For the one that doesn't work, 
> the API call made by the Open Book plug-in seems to be:
> 
> http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9781449303228&jscmd=data&format=json
>  
> <http://openlibrary.org/api/books?bibkeys=ISBN:9781449303228&jscmd=data&format=json>
> 
> It returns an empty JSON object.
> 
> Am I missing something obvious?
> 
> 
> Peter
> -- 
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