book synopsis api from google or amazon?

Question

If I use amazon or google book, for example http://www.amazon.com/The-Inca-Trail-Trailblazer-Trekking/dp/1873756291 or

http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rLwNAAAACAAJ&dq=isbn:1873756291&hl=&source=gbs_api

Both return the same book synopsis(Rediscovered just earlier this ...), however, if I use amazon api or google book api, this information is not returned.

google book api example: https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes?q=isbn:1873756291

Is there a way to retrieve this from either google or amazon using their api call?

Many Thanks

Answer 1

I can only speak for Amazon, but no - this doesn't seem to be possible with their API. The API you need is the Product Advertising API; http://associates.amazon.com/gp/advertising/api/detail/main.html

The operation would be 'ItemLookup' and the response group would be 'ItemAttributes', but I'm afraid the result set doesn't include a synopsis.