Koha has a feature to show books cover from external sources e.g. Amazon, Google, etc. We can show book covers on both staff and OPAC interface. Koha fetches the information of books from websites amazon, Google, etc., and shows the image as a books cover image on Koha.
Here we do the setup to display the book
cover image from the amazon site
Koha Administration →Global System
Preferences →Entrenched contents
AmaconAssocTag:- vijender0dd-21
(Refer https://affiliate-program.amazon.com to get
your own tag. Select your Country and Signup/Sign In)
AmazonCoverImage:- Show (To show on
staff interface)
AmazonLocate:-Indian (Choose
accordingly)
OpacAmazonCoverImage:- Show (To show on
OPAC)
Disable the Google book Cover Image
Koha Administration →Global System Preferences →Entrenched contents→ GoogleJackets →Don't add
All catalog records should have been ISBN. koha will fetch the Book Covers data from
amazon through the ISBN only. Further, when you click on Book Cover Image You will be redirected to the Amazon site to find more details about the book.
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