When we make an item available
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:20 am
This increases the complexity of the programming required to use Amazon as a source for information, and greatly lengthened the process of building tools for this purpose.
Everything changes
We are making a determination about whether a book meets the qualifications for Section 108(h) at a particular point in time. Even with all of the issues discussed here, the accuracy of the data whatsapp lead we can now pull about book availability and price is high. But it’s only accurate for the moment that we pull the data, because Amazon’s marketplace is constantly changing. If we don’t find a book on Amazon today, that doesn’t mean it won’t appear on the site tomorrow.
Because of this, to the public via Section 108(h), we write into the item’s metadata the date on which the determination was made.
Who Wants In!?
Since I’ve made this process sound SO appealing, I would imagine that any number of other library institutions are going to line up around the block wanting to try it out for themselves. Or not. But here’s the good news! If we digitize your books, the Internet Archive may be able to do the Section 108(h) determination on your behalf. Please contact us if you would like to participate.
Everything changes
We are making a determination about whether a book meets the qualifications for Section 108(h) at a particular point in time. Even with all of the issues discussed here, the accuracy of the data whatsapp lead we can now pull about book availability and price is high. But it’s only accurate for the moment that we pull the data, because Amazon’s marketplace is constantly changing. If we don’t find a book on Amazon today, that doesn’t mean it won’t appear on the site tomorrow.
Because of this, to the public via Section 108(h), we write into the item’s metadata the date on which the determination was made.
Who Wants In!?
Since I’ve made this process sound SO appealing, I would imagine that any number of other library institutions are going to line up around the block wanting to try it out for themselves. Or not. But here’s the good news! If we digitize your books, the Internet Archive may be able to do the Section 108(h) determination on your behalf. Please contact us if you would like to participate.