Static Links to GBS Content

Sometimes linking to a search for an author or title on Book Search isn't enough - you want to link to a specific title or perhaps even a specific edition of a title. To help you with this, Google Book Search can retrieve books based on International Standard Book Numbers (ISBNs), Library of Congress Control Numbers (LCCNs), and Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) record numbers. Most books published today have ISBNs. To find a book's ISBN, search for it on Google Book Search and look on its About the Book page. For older books you may need to rely on LCCN or OCLC records.

Links can be formated to link to a book's About This Book page, Front Cover, Title Page, Copyright Page, Table of Contents, or Back Cover.

Examples

For example, perhaps you want to link to Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbot. While the book was published in originally in 1884, the edition you want to link to was printed in 1984 and has an ISBN of 0451522907. For a full list of options for linking to books, or specific portions of books, refer to the table below.

Destination	Url Pattern/Example
Book	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number} Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907
Front cover	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=frontcover Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=frontcover
Title page	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=titlepage Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=titlepage
Copyright page	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=copyright Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=copyright
Table of contents	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=toc Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=toc
Index	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=index Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=index
Back cover	http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN{ISBN Number}&printsec=backcover Example: http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0451522907&printsec=backcover