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|publisher=[[Lifehacker.com]]
|date=2006-10
|author=Boswell, Wendy}}</ref> Each query also generates a [[permalink]] which can be used to recall the bibliography without reentering the ISBN data. The site is a [[metasearch engine]], integrating data from several sources, including the U.S. [[Library of Congress]] API, the [[Amazon.com]] database of books, and [[ISBNdb.com]]. OttoBib accepts both ISBN-10 and ISBN-13
 
== Background ==
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"A quick online search didn't turn up what seemed obvious to me: a free service that would allow a writer to type in all the ISBNs used in creating a paper and then generate two things:
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:1. a bibliography based on looking up the data onlline and<br>
:2. a web page that would allow the reader/teacher to see the books, their covers... etc."<ref>[http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/01/stuck_systems.html Stuck systems] January 03, 2006 post on [[Seth Godin]]'s Blog</ref>
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