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|author=Boswell, Wendy}}</ref> Each query also generates a "temporary" [[permalink]] (self-destructs in about one month) 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 ISBNs with either 10 or 13 digits.
 
==[[Programmers in my iPhone|Site in my iPhone]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":0" />Background ==
== Background ==
 
OttoBib.com was started as a hobby project in 2006 by Jonathan Otto, a then 4th year undergraduate at the [[University of Wisconsin–La Crosse]], USA.<ref>[http://www.neobinaries.com/apps/Category/Search%20Engines/OttoBib.aspx Web 2.0 Application Listings] -- About the company</ref> It was originally called "That's Crazy Hot!" but the name was quickly changed to OttoBib because the original title was "not suitable for the academic environment and consequently won't take off."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jonathanotto.com/2006/1/13/21/55/Thats-Crazy-Hot | title = That's Crazy Hot! | date = January 13, 2006 | author = Jonathan Otto | work = OttoBib Blog | accessdate = 2007-02-20 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20061101041332/http://jonathanotto.com/2006/1/13/21/55/Thats-Crazy-Hot <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2006-11-01}}</ref>
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# a bibliography based on looking up the data online and
# a web page that would allow the reader/teacher to see the books, their covers... etc.<ref name=":0">[http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/01/stuck_systems.html Stuck systems] January 3, 2006 post on [[Seth Godin]]'s Blog</ref>
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