![]() ![]() What does this have to do with books? Books evoke emotions, books inspire thinking, books contain and convey ideas. Here is another way to think of an API: an API lets one service use the data from another service, under defined circumstances. if you’ve ever used an app that shows you maps, you were using an API.if you have ever paid for something online using PayPal, you were using an API.if you use an app or a desktop client to read and post to Twitter, you are using the Twitter API.if you have ever “Facebook liked” a website, you were using an API.As Terry Jones puts it: “Just as a User Interface gives humans access to information, an API gives programs access to information.” Here are some examples of APIs that you have probably interacted with: why the old-fashioned book index should be the starting point for book APIsĪn API is a set of tools/protocols that allow different bits of software to communicate with each other, under defined conditions.why this is actually much easier and less scary than you might think.why I think publishers must provide good APIs.Now that almost all books are made into digital products (that is, ebooks), good publishers of the future will be the ones who provide great APIs. Here is a radical statement: A publisher’s job is to provide good APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) for their books. ![]()
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