Bibliographic data distribution
Quality-assured metadata spread far and wide
BiblioShare aggregates metadata and cover files from publishers and suppliers, and we make it available to you through the web services found below.
ONIX web service
The ONIX Web Service allows an aggregator to pull a full ONIX record for titles in the Canadian market. This web service is for you if you’re looking for extremely detailed information about books. It’s big and complex, but gives you access to all the data we have on an individual title.
Bibli-O-Matic
Bibli-O-Matic is a browser extension that automatically detects ISBNs anywhere on the web and, with a single click, pulls data from BiblioShare on things like pub date, keywords, images (including covers and interiors), list price, and more.
See how it works or install it now: Chrome/Microsoft Edge | Firefox.
MARC web service
Our MARC web service allows you to pull a brief/stub or full MARC record for any title in our BiblioShare database. This allows you to quickly create new records in your system based on publisher-supplied information, rather than searching for and manually entering data.
Bookstore Builder Shopify plugin
Our Bookstore Builder plugin for Shopify lets you set up your online bookstore with publisher-supplied book metadata from BiblioShare. To build your customized bookstore, just enter a list of ISBNs and sit back as Bookstore Builder fills your store with book data and maintains changes and updates seamlessly. Setup is easy and maintenance is minimal.
BiblioSimple
The BiblioSimple web service returns a ‘thinner’ version of the ONIX record, for those sites which don’t need the full record. It’s designed for display purposes, so it includes the basics: title, contributor names, format, publication date, price, etc.
Image web services
Pull full-sized or thumbnail images such as covers, interiors, or author photos. You can also get information about a specific image or all images for each record.
BiblioShare Assets
This web service returns a list of all the assets held in BiblioShare for a particular ISBN, including ONIX 2.1 and/or 3.0 records, any images (covers, interiors, author images), position, and samples.
Sample web service
This web service allows users to pull any samples/excerpts, tables of contents, or teacher’s/reading guides associated with an ISBN from BiblioShare. Files are delivered as either EPUB or PDF files, as available.
Get a web service token
All you need to get set up on any and all of the web services is a user token,* which you can get for free by filling out our quick form. Or, let us know if you need to do large data pulls and want a custom solution.
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