The New York Times Blog announced today that they have released an API for their Best Sellers list. Library programmers should jump on this. Imagine being able to display information about an item’s rankings – dates, placement, etc. – in your OPAC like you can show book covers, Google Books, etc.
The data only covers June 2008 forward, but they will be extending it back to 1930 within the next few months.
This is a great move by the NYT; their Best Sellers list is considered definitive, and encouraging its use and adaptation means it will continue to be influential.
found via Web4lib (thanks to Steve Toub)
