prints list of prescribed textbooks given a list of subjects

textlist.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import pprint, requests, sys
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from itertools import izip

base_url = 'http://www.bookshop.unsw.edu.au/cgi-bin/bookweb/subject2'

subjects = []
while True:
    try:
        value = raw_input()
        subjects.append(value)
    except EOFError:
        break
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        print 'See you soon'
        sys.exit()

for s in subjects: 
    payload = {'subject1': s, 'Submit': 'Submit Query',}
    r = requests.get(base_url, params=payload)
    list_soup = BeautifulSoup(r.text)
    rows = list_soup.find_all('tr')[1:]
    header = rows.pop(0)
    print header.b.string
    for row in rows:
        for title in row.find_all('a'):
            book_detail_request = requests.get(title.get('href'))
            book_soup = BeautifulSoup(book_detail_request.text)
            strings = book_soup.table.stripped_strings
            i = iter(strings)
            b = dict(izip(i, i))
            print '* Title: {title}\n  APN: {apn}\n  Price: {price}\n  Publisher: {publisher}\tEdition: {edition}\tAuthor: {author}'.format(title = b['Title:'], apn = b['APN:'], price = b['Our Price:'], publisher = b['Publisher:'], edition = b['Edition:'], author = b['Author:'])

I now use requests cause that shit's money as hell.