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Re:Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be com... by doiwin on Saturday September 12, 2020 @08:28AM (#24451927)
Is the USLC always updated with the latest books?

What would be the legal background of using their index?

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Re:Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be com... by freddie_mercury on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:12PM (#24457619)
Sure, if you only care about America. But people in other countries read books too.

Here's the best selling book in Germany:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45006237-das-geschenk

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Re:Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be com... by imglorp on Saturday September 12, 2020 @01:32PM (#24453999)
Oh, hm, ISBN is probably better? These guys seem to have a DB, wonder how they get it? https://isbnsearch.org/

It used to be that authors needed to deposit a copy of every new book at USLC, that's probably an old thing.

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