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OttoBib.com
Type of site
metasearch
Ownerjonathanotto.com
Created byJonathan Otto
URLhttp://www.ottobib.com/
Registrationno
LaunchedJanuary 2006
Current statusno longer operational

OttoBib.com was a website with a free tool to generate an alphabetized

Amazon.com database of books, and ISBNdb.com
. OttoBib accepted ISBNs with either 10 or 13 digits.

Background

OttoBib.com was started as a hobby project in 2006 by Jonathan Otto, a then 4th year undergraduate at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, USA.[2] It was originally called "That's Crazy Hot!" but the name was quickly changed to OttoBib because the original title was "not suitable for the academic environment and consequently won't take off."[3]

The original inspiration for the site came from Seth Godin's January 3, 2006 blog post on "Stuck Systems", where he wrote:

A quick online search didn't turn up what seemed obvious to me: a free service that would allow a writer to type in all the ISBNs used in creating a paper and then generate two things:

  1. a bibliography based on looking up the data online and
  2. a web page that would allow the reader/teacher to see the books, their covers... etc.[4]

Functionality

OttoBib.com performed the two basic functions outlined. Marcus P. Zillman, an Internet information retrieval consultant and speaker said "this website is the start of a new paradigm of citing sources."[5] Jason Clarke, a writer and web developer, said OttoBib is a "tool that solves a simple problem in a simple manner."[6]

Developments

In January 2007, OttoBib introduced a

ISBN 0-19-511797-2
could be used in the URL: 

http://ottobib.com/isbn/0195117972/apa

to display 

Patterson, J., (1997). Grand Expectations. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press.

In February 2007, OttoBib introduced the ability to request citations in BibTeX and Wikipedia {{cite book}} formats.

As of April 2022, OttoBib is no longer operational.

See also

References

  1. Lifehacker.com
    .
  2. ^ Web 2.0 Application Listings -- About the company
  3. ^ Jonathan Otto (January 13, 2006). "That's Crazy Hot!". OttoBib Blog. Archived from the original on 2006-11-01. Retrieved 2007-02-20.
  4. ^ Stuck systems January 3, 2006 post on Seth Godin's Blog
  5. ^ Internet Happenings, Events and Sources December 11, 2006 post by Marcus P. Zillman, accessed December 24, 2006
  6. ^ Downloadsquad review posted Sep 20, 2006 by Jason Clarke

External links

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