How are you doing the amazon content without violating their terms of service?  They limit you to 1 request/IP address/second and put strict limits on how long you can cache their information for.  You're not loading the Amazon content on the client side with JSON or something, so the Koha server is doing the requests for data from Amazon.  How is Koha getting around that limitation?

 

--Casey

 

>>> Joshua Ferraro jmf <at> liblime.com> 12/12/2006 12:28 PM >>


>    *I want descriptions, dangit!  And why does no software exist for
>    integrating series information in the catalog??  I want to know what the
>    next book is!  (nothing like clicking on something you think you know what
>    it is, and then it really isn't.  I HATE that for something I might be
>    interested in, I have to go to Amazon first to find anything)
So ... how about having Amazon.com descriptions in your catalog ... and
how about having them downloaded in real time as you pull up the record?
Amazon licenses this material for free under its Associates and
Developer programs.

Here's what that looks like using Koha ZOOM's Amazon module:

http://search.athenscounty.lib.oh.us/bib/158735

Heck, why limit yourself to descriptions, take a look at the ratings and
reviews as well. And while you're at it, might as well click on the
image which takes you directly to the book itself so you can read it
online.