---
name: "Net::Amazon::Property::Book"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnet-amazon-perl"
version: "0.62-2"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Net::Amazon::Property::Book"
---

# Net::Amazon::Property::Book(3pm)

Class for books on amazon.com

## NAME

Net::Amazon::Property::Book - Class for books on amazon.com

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Net::Amazon;
  # ...
  if($resp->is_success()) {
      for my $prop ($resp->properties) {
          print join("/", $prop->authors()), " ",
                $prop->title(), " ",
                $prop->publisher(), " ",
                $prop->year(), "\n";
  }
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"Net::Amazon::Property::Book"` is derived from  `"Net::Amazon::Property"` and on top of the all-purpose methods the base class provides, it offers specialized accessors for book parameters.

### METHODS

- *authors()*

  Returns a list of the book's authors. There's also a `"author()"` method which just returns the *first* author.

- *publisher()*

  Returns the book's publishing company as a string.

- *title()*

  Returns the book's title as a string.

- *isbn()*

  Returns the book's ISBN number.

- *edition()*

  Returns the book's edition.

- *ean()*

  Returns the book's EAN number.

- *numpages()*

  Returns the number of pages.

- *dewey\_decimal()*

  Returns the Dewey decimal number, this is for non-fiction only.

  This method is deprecated (2011-10-28) as it does not appear to be returned by Amazon any more.

- *publication\_date()*

  Returns the publication date.

- *ReleaseDate()*

  Returns the release date.

  For historical reasons, this method used to return the publication date.  However, as of version Net::Amazon 0.44 the release date is returned, and  a separate "*publication\_date()*" method is available.

- new(xmlref =\> $xmlref)

  Initializes an object by passing a hash of hashes structure containing the XML data returned from the service. Usually, this is just used by `"Net::Amazon"` internally to initialize objects for on backcoming data.

Check out Net::Amazon::Property for all-purpose accessors, like `"year"`, `"OurPrice"`, `"ListPrice"`, etc.

## AUTHOR

Mike Schilli, \<m@perlmeister.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003 by Mike Schilli \<m@perlmeister.com\>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.