update bwb api url to avoid 301#12427
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Updates the Better World Books product metadata endpoint URL to avoid a 301 redirect that the current async HTTPX client does not follow by default, restoring vendor metadata fetching without changing client redirect behavior.
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- Switched
BETTERWORLDBOOKS_API_URLfromproducts.betterworldbooks.comtoproducts.bwbcontent.comto avoid redirects.
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BWB is redirecting
https://products.betterworldbooks.com/service.aspx?IncludeAmazon=True&ItemId=9780765319852
To
https://products.bwbcontent.com/service.aspx?IncludeAmazon=True&ItemId=
The new async client doesn't follow redirects by default.
We could update it to follow redirects but probably better to just set the updated url for now to avoid the extra hop.
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