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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by elliekelly on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:03AM (#25407002)
I wonder who the executive was who decided to start assigning International Standard Book Numbers to non-books.

“Why not? What’s the big deal?” said someone who has never worked with garbage data.

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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by Throwaway1771 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:43AM (#25407285)
Not an executive, but a middle manager etc that said:

"paying $2-10k+ to add an International Standard Book Accessory Number field to their software will never get approved for a bookmark that works as a compass, or a promotional Harry Potter bookend set."

Tough to disagree.

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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by rozab on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:37AM (#25407237)
Big booksellers whose whole systems are built around ISBNs as a primary key
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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by factotvm on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:42AM (#25407267)
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by KineticLensman on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:45AM (#25407816)
"And hammer marks start to mysteriously appear everywhere."
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Re:Goodreads plans to retire API access, disables existing A... by smokelegend on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:26PM (#25408198)
"Not a bug, but a feature"
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