Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-05 Thread Kaile Zhu
[mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: 2013年12月4日 13:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed

[CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Kaile Zhu
A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of those mentioned and found they are working to some degree, but none of them would offer the size I want. The flexibility of the size is just not there. The size I am looking for is like this:

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Amy Drayer
Dear Kelly et al: I agree to a certain degree with Jonathan that you can use CSS to resize the images if alternate sizes are not available. However, I would not recommend changing the ratio or increasing the size of the original image. With Retina displays (Apple), in order to keep any kind of

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Keith Jenkins
I was a bit surprised that these techniques from 2005 still work... http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html Basically, Amazon cover images can be manipulated via the URL. Of course, you'll probably want to check Amazon's terms of use. Keith

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Michael Schofield
@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 1:16 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api I was a bit surprised that these techniques from 2005 still work... http://aaugh.com/imageabuse.html Basically, Amazon cover images can

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Karen Coyle
Open Library book covers come in S, M and L - https://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/api/covers Of course, if what you want isn't exactly one of those... kc On 12/4/13 9:34 AM, Kaile Zhu wrote: A while ago, we had a discussion about book cover APIs. I tried some of those mentioned and found they

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Keith Jenkins
So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Open Library book covers come in S, M and L -

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Kaile Zhu
[mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: 2013年12月4日 13:50 To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api So, any bets on which book cover image provider will be the first to implement IIIF? http://www-sul.stanford.edu/iiif/image-api/1.1/ Keith On Wed, Dec 4

Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api

2013-12-04 Thread Joshua Welker
[mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Amy Drayer Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2013 12:02 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] book cover api Dear Kelly et al: I agree to a certain degree with Jonathan that you can use CSS to resize the images if alternate sizes