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Dec 31, 2017

Accessing book and author data with the Penguin Random House API

Continuing my search for 15 APIs in 15 Days, today I'm writing about the Penguin Random House API. Penguin is a book publisher, and their API (free and doesn't even require authentication) can be used to get data about books, authors and events....

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