BookService

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Detailed Description

This web service consists of three methods pertaining to book 
information.  

1: GetInfo
a single input param (string): ISBN (International Standard Book 
Number).  

This method retrieves the name, title, publisher, author, and 
other data about the book.  Also retrieves price data from Amazon, 
Barnes & Noble, and bookshop.co.uk.

2. DoKeywordSearch
a single input param (string): keyword

This method retrieves a list of books for a given keyword, using the 
Bookshop.co.uk search.   

3. DoKeywordSearchEx
param1 (string): keyword
param2 (string): search source

Param 2 can be either "Bookshop.co.uk" or "Barnes & Noble".  This 
method retrieves a list of books for a given keyword, using the 
specified search source.  Using Barnes & Noble will return a maximum 
of 25 entries, and each entry will include title, isbn, author and 
publisher info.  Using Bookshop.co.uk will retrieve an unlimited 
number of entries, but the result will not include publisher 
info.

Usage Notes

Accepts GET, POST, and SOAP. 

The ISBN should be formatted as a string of digits with all dashes 
and spaces removed.  

The schema for the returned data is available at 
http://www.winisp.net/cheeso/books/bookInfo.xsd .

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