<s>
OttoBib.com	B-Application
was	O
a	O
website	O
with	O
a	O
free	O
tool	O
to	O
generate	O
an	O
alphabetized	O
bibliography	O
of	O
books	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
International	B-Library
Standard	I-Library
Book	I-Library
Numbers	I-Library
(	O
ISBN	B-Library
)	O
with	O
output	O
in	O
MLA	O
,	O
APA	O
,	O
Chicago/Turabian	O
,	O
BibTeX	B-Language
and	O
Wikipedia	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
query	O
also	O
generated	O
a	O
"	O
temporary	O
"	O
permalink	O
(	O
self-destructs	O
in	O
about	O
one	O
month	O
)	O
which	O
could	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
recall	O
the	O
bibliography	O
without	O
reentering	O
the	O
ISBN	B-Library
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
site	O
was	O
a	O
metasearch	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
integrating	O
data	O
from	O
several	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
API	O
,	O
the	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
database	O
of	O
books	O
,	O
and	O
ISBNdb.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OttoBib	B-Application
accepted	O
ISBNs	B-Library
with	O
either	O
10	O
or	O
13	O
digits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OttoBib.com	B-Application
was	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
hobby	O
project	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Otto	O
,	O
a	O
then	O
4th	O
year	O
undergraduate	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Wisconsin	O
–	O
La	O
Crosse	O
,	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
"	O
That	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crazy	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
but	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
quickly	O
changed	O
to	O
OttoBib	B-Application
because	O
the	O
original	O
title	O
was	O
"	O
not	O
suitable	O
for	O
the	O
academic	O
environment	O
and	O
consequently	O
wo	O
n't	O
take	O
off.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
quick	O
online	O
search	O
did	O
n't	O
turn	O
up	O
what	O
seemed	O
obvious	O
to	O
me	O
:	O
a	O
free	O
service	O
that	O
would	O
allow	O
a	O
writer	O
to	O
type	O
in	O
all	O
the	O
ISBNs	B-Library
used	O
in	O
creating	O
a	O
paper	O
and	O
then	O
generate	O
two	O
things	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
OttoBib.com	B-Application
performed	O
the	O
two	O
basic	O
functions	O
outlined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Clarke	O
,	O
a	O
writer	O
and	O
web	O
developer	O
,	O
said	O
OttoBib	B-Application
is	O
a	O
"	O
tool	O
that	O
solves	O
a	O
simple	O
problem	O
in	O
a	O
simple	O
manner.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
,	O
OttoBib	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
REST	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
to	O
allow	O
a	O
citation	O
to	O
be	O
generated	O
from	O
a	O
URL	O
that	O
contains	O
the	O
ISBN	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2007	O
,	O
OttoBib	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
request	O
citations	O
in	O
BibTeX	B-Language
and	O
Wikipedia	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2022	O
,	O
OttoBib	B-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
operational	O
.	O
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