rcpatrick / isbn

Retrieves title, author, publisher, and year given 10- or 13-digit ISBN number.

isbn

Install and Use

From Github:

git clone https://github.com/rcpatrick/isbn.git

From my website:

git clone git://git.raypatrick.xyz/isbn.git

Then:

cd isbn
sudo make install

NAME

isbn - Retrieves title, author, publisher, and publishing date of any book, given its 10- or 13-digit ISBN number.

SYNOPSIS

isbn ISBN_NUMBER [-b]

DESCRIPTION

isbn is a simple utility that accepts a 10- or 13-digit ISBN number, then queries the Google Books API to retrieve its title, author, publisher, and year of publication. It can display this information on stdout as plain text or formatted as a LaTeX .bibtex entry.

OPTIONS

ISBN_NUMBER

: May be a 10- or 13-digit ISBN number, with or without dashes. For example: 0-446-60725-8, or 0446607258.

-b, --bibtex

: Format book information as a LaTeX .bibtex entry. If this option is not specified, output will be in plain text.

BUGS

Information provided by this tool is no better than that loaded into the Google Books database. Always double-check the output of the program.

AUTHOR

Written 2021 by Ray Patrick.

SEE ALSO

jq(1)