[Web4lib] How to get bestseller lists?

[Steve Toub]

Thanks all.

For those who subscribe through TLC, SirsiDynix, etc., two follow-up 
questions:

1. Is the ILS vendor just reselling the subscription that originates 
from something like Syndetics or Content Cafe? I don't see anything on 
the Syndetics or Content Cafe that says these "content enrichment" 
vendors offer bestseller lists.

2. What does the data structure look like and how does it get loaded 
into your OPAC? Does TLC, SirsiDynix, etc. do that for you or do you 
pick up an RSS feed or something that has ISBNs in it and load it as a 
list into your catalog, which matches on the ISBN in your bib records?

	--SET



Watts, Richard wrote:
> As indicated in another posting, we buy this information on a
> subscription basis from SirsiDynix, along with lists of prize-winning
> titles, book jackets, book reviews, tables of contents, etc. The
> information gets updated weekly on Tuesday night, and we upload it on
> Wednesday morning to the OPAC.
> 
> Richard Watts
> San Bernardino County Library, Calif.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Steve Toub
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:31 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] How to get bestseller lists?
> 
> Hi--
> 
> In some library OPACs, I often see lists of New York Times or other
> bestseller lists. How is this typically done? I can't imagine folks are
> keying this in manually or screenscraping the NYTimes.com site.
> 
> Are there vendors out there that I can pay to get a weekly feed of
> bestseller lists that have ISBNs and whatnot? And then I load that list
> into my ILS?
> 
> I've poked around in the Amazon API enough to know that it doesn't seem
> possible to get the NYT bestsellers from there, but I'm not sure where
> best to go to do this.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
>    --SET
> 
> Steve Toub
> BiblioCommons
> 
> 
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