Jonathan,
I believe this might be a result of the OCLC Open Worldcat program. For
details see
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/default.htm
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On 6/22/05 11:32 AM, "Jonathan Lill" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Perhaps this is not news to many people out there but it is news to me. I have
> made some artists' books (unique items) and somehow they have shown up in
> amazon:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/102-1797474-5668926
>
> The second one particularly is a single object, now owned by Wellesley. There
> would be no record of it anywhere except the catalog record created at
> Wellesley and then perhaps uploaded to OCLC. One clue is that the titles are
> in lower case, as in a catalog record, and unlike most book listings on
> Amazon.
>
> Why would Amazon want to clog up it's system with books that will never be for
> sale? Has this topic been discussed anywhere?
>
>
> Jonathan Lill
>
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