Some books can't be found by ISBN
I've noticed that some international edition of books can't be found when using "Add Item(s) by Identifier" feature.
For example this book https://www.pearson.de/principles-of-chemistry-a-molecular-approach-ebook-global-edition-9781292348940
which has the following ISBNs (copied from the inner cover of the book):
ISBN 10: 1-292-34888-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-292-34888-9
eBook ISBN 13: 978-1-292-34894-0
The US edition's ISBN is 978-0-13-489574-1 and Zotero can identifies it just fine.
For example this book https://www.pearson.de/principles-of-chemistry-a-molecular-approach-ebook-global-edition-9781292348940
which has the following ISBNs (copied from the inner cover of the book):
ISBN 10: 1-292-34888-7
ISBN 13: 978-1-292-34888-9
eBook ISBN 13: 978-1-292-34894-0
The US edition's ISBN is 978-0-13-489574-1 and Zotero can identifies it just fine.
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It isn't throwing an error, but I feel like I haven't gotten something to work for a few weeks now,
>> and today, it is something from 2017 , so I feel like that is a good example.
Are we just using databases that are going stale and need to find some new apis?
So here is the specific 2017 example.
"Design Thinking for the Greater Good"
ebook ISBN: 9780231545853
<< zotero == "not found"
>> WorldCat == no problem , https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780231545853
Could we get a debug ID for trying to add that ID https://www.zotero.org/support/debug_output
That said, we've seen some pretty gnarly ways OpenWorldcat keeps locking people out, so it's becoming a less reliable fallback option for books not listed in any of the other catalogs we look at.
Report ID : 726529424
D2005108346
So I searched both on WorldCat and Google Books using their ISBN, and found the right books. Then I tried adding the same books using the "Add Item by Identifier" on the desktop Zotero version and it worked fine. I suspect the iphone Zotero app uses only the Library of Congress database while the desktop one uses also WorldCat. If so, why?