GoodReads.com and Bookpedia

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GoodReads.com and Bookpedia

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I would love for Bookpedia to be able to suck data from http://goodreads.com.

This links to their API: http://www.goodreads.com/api

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Thanks for the links. We'll take a look at the API.
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I'll happily second this request! Especially if it might mean moving away from some of the dependence upon Amazon and bringing Pocketpedia back to life (again...sigh)!
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Any news about this suggestion? It would be a major advantage for Bookpedia, as Amazon lacks a lot of data included in Goodreads records.
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I have written to them asking for permission (required for a commercial product) and are waiting to see if we can include it in a future Bookpedia version.
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Did you ever hear back from Goodreads?

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Unfortunately no, but now that you bring it up I shall send them another email.
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Bump! I'd love to be able to use Bookpedia to catalog and Goodreads to sort online.
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I second this request: brilliant software / great site
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We've talked to GoodReads about an integration but their API model doesn't really work with Bookpedia since it includes a revenue share and there is no way for us to know how many users are actually going to use the GoodReads plug-in.
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