We use Amazon covers in our catalog (alternately a google image if none is available from Amazon). The image and caption are click-able and toggle a hidden lightbox layer into view. The layer has links to amazon (and google) for more info. We assume this is in accord with Amazon's terms of use. http://library.willamette.edu/search?/torigins+of+the+french+revolution/torigins+of+the+french+revolution/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=torigins+of+the+french+revolution&3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-# <http://library.willamette.edu/search?/torigins+of+the+french+revolution/torigins+of+the+french+revolution/1%2C1%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=torigins+of+the+french+revolution&3%2C%2C3/indexsort=-#> Mike On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Jay Roos <jayroos_at_gmail.com <mailto:jayroos_at_gmail.com>> wrote: > I've now been able to implement covers from Google and Amazon in our test > catalog. Google has many fewer images, they sometimes don't make any sense > (getting an author photo instead of the cover), and getting them is slow, > at > least through the javascript methods posted here recently. However, > Amazon's > terms seem unfriendly to libraries since "Your use of the Amazon > Properties > must be strictly limited to promoting the availability of products and > services on the Amazon Website...." > > I'd really like to go with Amazon. Is there anyone who has implemented > Amazon covers in production and who has been using them without issue? How > do you justify your use when you're really just trying to enhance the > library experience? > > -- > Jay Roos > Computer & Information Systems Coordinator > Great River Regional Library > 405 W. St. Germain > St. Cloud, MN 56301 >Received on Thu Mar 20 2008 - 15:15:53 EDT