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by vidyesh 820 days ago
Congrats on shipping it!

I agree, good book data is hard to find despite so many big sources out there. And Amazon API is unavailable (unless you register as an affiliate, but you need a working relevant project to get approved in the first place).

I am working on a project to scrape some regional book stores, and I am finding it really hard to find an API which can reliably give all the data needed for a book. Google Books API so far has been working okay but turns out a single book has so many ISBNs based on which region or publication its been sold and there isn't an API that provides the list of ISBNs for all its releases.

Your comment made me want to explore AI, hopefully I could find a way to use it for my project and make my life simpler.

If you have tips or pointers, highly appreciated.

Have a great day.