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# Small pieces ....
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/small-pieces/
- Published: 2006-07-10T04:56:05.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T20:54:22.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Books, #MPOW, Systems

We have been interested in the great interest expressed in xISBN. It receives heavy traffic and seems to show how useful an easily recombinable web service can be.  
Thom [compares](https://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2006/06/thingisbn.html?ref=lorcandempsey.net) the newer thingISBN service on LibraryThing with xISBN.  
Richard Wallis [shows](https://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/2006/07/its%5Fa%5Flibraryth.php?ref=lorcandempsey.net) xISBN and thingISBN working with a couple more web services.