Scrapers, python scripts and the like

[johnB]

I think most people in bookselling know about Readerware and similar products that scrape images,text and prices from sites such as Amazon.  Without throwing huge amounts of money about I have been looking for one that will scrape 'The Book Depository' site.  Readerware told me that their program cannot be modified to do this.  Any suggestions from techies out there would be appreciated. er.........in plain language.....Thanks
John B

[prying1]

It is beyond me how to. I did find this page on Answer.com that tells of scraping but leaves one with no answer of programs available.

http://www.answers.com/topic/screen-scraping?cat=technology

There is a line near the bottom under 'external links' about writing a program to do it but...