amaztype: good use of the amazon.com API

by Juliette on July 8, 2008

Amaztype uses the amazon.com API to pull search results for a given keyword, then returns results in the shape of the search term. My name returns a lot of different editions of Julie of the Wolves.

amaztype - visual search

(Another great find from Kristin.)

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Turadg July 8, 2008 at 1:35 pm

I was expecting a blank page for mine. I got excited when I saw it filling in, then disappointed seeing what it filled with.
http://amaztype.tha.jp/US/Books/Title?q=turadg

Erik Kastner July 21, 2008 at 6:21 pm

No way! This thing was one of the inspirations behind spell with flickr:
http://metaatem.net/words/julie

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