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Book Cover Help > Can this book cover be changed please?

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Lilliana Anderson (lillianaanderson) | 8 comments Hi, I've had to change the cover I was planning to use for this book, but can't delete/change it even though it hasn't released yet. Can it please be changed to the image at the following link? (I have added it as an alternate image as well)

Thanks so much!

https://dwtr67e3ikfml.cloudfront.net/...


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments You can keep both covers, I will make an alternative edition and since your a GR author your can make which ever one your primary edition. Their both really pretty covers :)


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18... Alternative cover edition added


Lilliana Anderson (lillianaanderson) | 8 comments Thanks so much for that Nandar. I don't need the first cover any more though. It won't be published when the book releases on September 30 so it can be removed entirely.

Thanks again :)


Lilliana Anderson (lillianaanderson) | 8 comments Thank you Armi! You're amazing! I really appreciate the quick work :D


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments I was planning to do that, thanks Armi


Lilliana Anderson (lillianaanderson) | 8 comments Thanks, once again to you too Nandar! You are also amazing ;)

Have a great day!


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments Thanks Lilliana. Have a wonderful day! :D


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Banjomike | 5166 comments I think that, technically, since the book has one review we would not delete the relevant cover/edition. We assume that if it has been reviewed then it might have been read.

A different cover is certainly in use for advertising material in various places on the web:
http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2013/08...


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Anastasia Abboud (anastasiaabboud) | 5 comments Hi! I would like to ask update my book cover or make the new cover the main one, but I don't know how to give you the photo for the new one. Help, please!

My book is If Only You Knew, by Anastasia Abboud.

Thank you.


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) | 127 comments Leave a link to the cover, or add it to your additional photos on your profile.


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Joyce DeBacco (joydeb) | 9 comments I, too, need help changing the cover of Where Dreams Are Born. Can I leave the link to the Amazon book page? If not, where is acceptable? Thanks.


Jackie - Fire & Ice Book Reviews (jackiefireicebookreviews) | 127 comments Yes, Amazon is fine.


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments Banjomike wrote: "I think that, technically, since the book has one review we would not delete the relevant cover/edition. We assume that if it has been reviewed then it might have been read.

A different cover i..."


I'm assuming that it is this cover
http://www.amazon.com/If-Only-You-Kne...

If so, I have done it
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

Next time please link us the cover. It would make a librarian job easier :)


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Nan (xxmzsmilesxx) | 1167 comments Joyce wrote: "I, too, need help changing the cover of Where Dreams Are Born. Can I leave the link to the Amazon book page? If not, where is acceptable? Thanks."

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Added


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Anastasia Abboud (anastasiaabboud) | 5 comments Thanks so much! Here is the link to my book with the new cover on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/If-Only-You-Kne...

Thanks again!


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Banjomike | 5166 comments Nandar wrote: "Banjomike wrote: "I think that, technically, since the book has one review we would not delete the relevant cover/edition. We assume that if it has been reviewed then it might have been read.

A..."


I think you are missquoting somewhere. My message was following on from the changing of the cover for the book in the OP.


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Cari Silverwood (carisilverwood) | 112 comments I have a book cover that has had author quotes added to it.
Bind and Keep Me

Though I have had some beta readers rating the book already this is in no way a new book and it doesn't release until the 30th of august.
Would it be possible to delete the old cover? I really don't want two covers when it doesn't even have an isbn yet.
New cover image link below.

http://www.carisilverwood.net/uploads...


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Banjomike | 5166 comments Cari wrote: "I have a book cover that has had author quotes added to it.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

Though I have had some beta readers rating the book already this is in no way a new book and it doesn't release until the 30th of august.
Would it be possible to delete the old cover? I really don't want two covers when it doesn't even have an isbn yet.
New cover image link below."


I'm surprised that the old cover was deleted given that the book had been beta read and reviewed both on Goodreads and other sites with the existing cover. A big cover reveal with excerpts and reviews would normally be enough to keep the original cover alive.


message 20: by Cari (last edited Aug 15, 2013 04:01AM) (new)

Cari Silverwood (carisilverwood) | 112 comments It wasn't reviewed on any sites, except here. The only readers were beta readers and have read it as a word doc without any cover. One of the reviews is my editor (which she states). And one rating is from someone who hasn't even read the book.

I sent out a pdf ARC just now which also has no cover. it may not have any bearing on this, but my formatter is still making the book and I only sent him the cover yesterday.

Next time I will know not to put up a cover so early. I hadn't realized adding the cover quote to the same cover would be a problem.


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Banjomike | 5166 comments Cari wrote: "Next time I will know not to put up a cover so early. "

If a cover is an OBVIOUS placeholder then there is no difficulty removing it. Many authors add "placeholder" or "temp image" to the cover on Goodreads so it can be removed easily.

Normally beta reading counts as a review even if the beta read was of a Word document. The review by the not-reader wouldn't stop the cover being changed, we are not paranoid about keeping covers, but the betas normally would. The change is not likely to be reverted because it was made by a staffer.


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Anastasia Abboud (anastasiaabboud) | 5 comments Anastasia wrote: "Thanks so much! Here is the link to my book with the new cover on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/If-Only-You-Kne......"


You did it! Thank you!


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Joyce DeBacco (joydeb) | 9 comments Nandar wrote: "Joyce wrote: "I, too, need help changing the cover of Where Dreams Are Born. Can I leave the link to the Amazon book page? If not, where is acceptable? Thanks."

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/..."


Thanks for adding it...somewhere. The link takes me to a page with the new cover, but when I go to my dashboard or search for it by title, the old cover comes up. How does it get to where it needs to be?


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Banjomike | 5166 comments Joyce wrote: "Thanks for adding it...somewhere. The link takes me to a page with the new cover, but when I go to my dashboard or search for it by title, the old cover comes up. How does it get to where it needs to be? "

It is where it needs to be.
This is the procedure for setting the default edition of a book:
i) Go to the book page of the edition you wish to become the default/primary edition.
ii) Click "edit details" below the book's description.
iii) On the right side of the page about halfway down, click "Set this book as the primary edition for this work".
iv) Click "Save Changes"


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rivka | 45177 comments Mod
It gets confusing when a thread linked to a specific book is also used for other books. I am closing this thread.

Start new ones for other books.


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