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Tuesday, November 25, 2003 |
British Library catalogue soon searchable through Amazon. Amazon has purchased a license to create a searchable index of the entire British Library catalogue, including 1.7 million titles that predate ISBNs.
The deal gives Amazon the right to use the British Library's bibliographic catalogue, which contains 2.55 million books. Crucially it includes 1.7 million produced before the introduction in 1970 of the International Standard Book Number (ISBN), a 10-character code that uniquely identifies any modern book. Link (via Ben Hammersley) [Boing Boing Blog]
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Nonprofits Move On in Fundraising. For charities, the Web hasn't been the spigot of cash they once hoped it would. Now, they are taking their cues from MoveOn.org and the Howard Dean campaign to pursue the big bucks. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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