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According to Google doc, using this link can get the URL extra large for a book
Google doc
However, when I clicked https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1/volumes/zyTCAlFPjgYC , there are only 2 thumbnails (small and medium). So do I need to obtain a Google API key to get full information about a book ?
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Pricing: The API is provided for free. Ease of use: Google is known for having comprehensive documentation and expansive support community, and the Google Books API is no exception.
Longer answer: Yes, you may use images described by Google as being free for "reuse and modification" in your book cover, if... there are no other, non-copyright issues (such as, notably, respecting the personality rights of any people appearing in the image) that might prevent you from using the image.
maxResults - The maximum number of results to return. The default is 10, and the maximum allowable value is 40.
This web rest API was created by Google. The Google Books API endpoint is located at https://www.googleapis.com/books/v1. You can find the Google portal / hompage here. The Google Books API requires API Key, OAuth 2 authentication.
I figured out that you can replace the &zoom=1 part of the URL with &zoom=0 for larger images, but only in some cases.
For an example, this is the Sherlock Holmes small thumbnail:
http://bks5.books.google.com/books?id=buc0AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
Now, by setting zoom to 0, I get a large thumbnail:
http://bks5.books.google.com/books?id=buc0AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=0&edge=curl&source=gbs_api
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Actually with some books, google provides large image but some not.
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