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AlternateVersions Response Group
The AlternateVersions response group returns all of the available media formats for a book title. Sample formats include Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, and Hardcover. This response group works only with the Books and ForeignBooks product categories, that is, for ItemSearch and ItemLookup, the search index must be Books or, in non-US locales, ForeignBooks, and, for ItemLookup, the specified item must be a book or foreign book.
The following list shows the complete set of formats that AlternateVersions can return.
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Relevant Operations
Operations that can use this response group include:
ItemSearch, when the search index is Books or, in non-US locales, ForeignBooks
ItemLookup when the specified item is a book or foreign book and, if a search index is specified, the value must be Books or, in non-US locales, ForeignBooks
Response Elements
The following table describes and shows the parentage of the elements returned by AlternateVersions.
AlternateVersions also returns the elements that all response groups return, which described in Elements Common to All Response Groups.
Parent Response Group
The following response groups are parent response groups of AlternateVersions.
None
Child Response Group
The following response groups are children response groups of AlternateVersions.
None
Sample REST Use Case
The following request illustrates the XML response elements returned by AlternateVersions.
http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?
Service=AWSECommerceService&
Operation=ItemSearch&
AWSAccessKeyId=[AWS Access Key ID]&
AssociateTag=ws&
SearchIndex=Books&
Keywords=potter&
ResponseGroup=AlternateVersions&
Version=2011-08-01
&Timestamp=[YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ]
&Signature=[Request Signature]
Sample Response Snippet
The following response snippet shows the elements returned by AlternateVersions.
<AlternateVersions>
<AlternateVersion>
<ASIN>030728364X</ASIN>
<Title>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)</Title>
<Binding>Audio Cassette</Binding>
</AlternateVersion>
<AlternateVersion>
<ASIN>0307283658</ASIN>
<Title>Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6)</Title>
<Binding>Audio CD</Binding>
</AlternateVersion>
<AlternateVersion>
<ASIN>0439785960</ASIN>
<Title>
Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, Book 6) (Harry Potter)
</Title>
<Binding>Paperback</Binding>
</AlternateVersion>
<AlternateVersion>
<ASIN>0439786770</ASIN>
<Title>
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) [LIBRARY EDITION]
</Title>
<Binding>Library Binding</Binding>
</AlternateVersion> 
