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The Real Problem (continued)

The second option is getting the information off of various web sites on the Internet.

This has the advantage that the web sites can be very complete for a specific area or type of book, and can include a lot of addition information.

However, there are no standards for the what information is given about the book, or what format it is in, so each one is in a different format.

In addition, the format and interface are not guaranteed, or even expected, to stay consistent, they will change as the web site's layout changes.

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