09-23-2016, 05:25 PM | #61 | |
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No-one will ever know. If THAT had to be enforced, the entire world population would work in law enforcement and would be arresting one another. |
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09-23-2016, 05:31 PM | #62 |
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For the books that I'm aware of without covers, the issue is that the publisher (or author since that's frequently the publisher in backlisted ebooks) no longer has the right to use the original cover.
Rather obviously, if I have the original paper back (which I do in many cases), I can just snap a picture of the original cover, adjust it and add it via Calibre. I'm probably going to do that with some of them, but it is a bit of work. |
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09-26-2016, 01:01 AM | #64 |
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Yeah, that is definitely illegal to sell. A book without a cover is considered stolen, thus cannot be sold (even for free).
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09-26-2016, 04:18 AM | #65 | |
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Even if you don't have the rights to the original cover you could commission new ones, it isn't like King doesn't get constant re-prints anyway. |
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09-26-2016, 04:52 AM | #66 | |
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That there is no practical way to enforce it still does not make it legal to download. In the US every image posted on a webpage is automatically copyrighted and may not be downloaded legally unless permission is given. One exception is government pages (.gov) that are automatically in the public domain and images can be downloaded and used. |
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09-26-2016, 01:29 PM | #67 | |
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09-26-2016, 03:22 PM | #68 | |
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I admit that when lacking such an easily acquired image I haven't thought twice about downloading covers as it has seemed to be fair use and can't be said to take money from the copyright holder's coffers. Now I'm wondering how many of us would be willing to spend a small sum on arty cover images for our favorite books |
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09-26-2016, 04:33 PM | #69 |
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Some publishers invite you to download a cover image. For example Macmillan have a "Download Image" button below the book cover, tapping it serves up an image that is often much higher quality than the one embedded in the ebook.
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If there's no cover, or a low quality one (= less than 1500 pixels on the long side, for me), then I'm not pleased and consider the ebook to be incomplete; as if I've ordered a paper book at an online store, and gotten one with no cover. |
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09-26-2016, 08:49 PM | #71 |
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I can understand wanting a nice cover on a hardback or paperback book that might stay on your coffee table where it's constantly on display, but how much time do you spend actually looking at the cover of an ebook?
I'm not trying to be snarky, I'm honestly curious why covers for ebooks are that important. The only covers I really didn't like were a couple of Overdrive library books I've had where the cover was a completely blank white rectangle - not even a name! But other than that, as long as I can tell what the book is, I don't really care. Either I'm reading the book and thus looking at the text inside, not the cover, or the ereader is off and stashed somewhere where I'm not looking at it. |
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I think I can't remember anything about a book that I read 20 years ago, but then I pick it off my bookshelf and seeing the cover triggers a lot of memories, something that doesn't happen for me by just seeing a title. |
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09-27-2016, 09:18 AM | #73 |
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Thanks, Geoff, I can understand that. What I sometimes miss with ebooks that many pbooks have is the title of the book at the top of the page while you are reading.
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09-27-2016, 11:44 AM | #74 |
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The Kobo readers display the book title at the top of the page, at least in the kepub reader, I haven't used the epub one for years so I don't know about that one.
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