Delete e-book cover please

[R.L.]

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

Could someone delete this please as is the wrong cover containing the wrong title.

Many thanks

[Cam]

Hi, I noticed you changed the title from 'The Simple Little Book about Many Kinds of Love' to 'The Simple Little Book of Love'. Since it was originally published with the first title, you can't change the book cover. I can go ahead and create an alternate title/cover for you and you can select the primary edition, https://www.goodreads.com/help/show/3...

[R.L.]

Thanks for the reply.

I have just noticed that someone has added another cover, and also added a cover for another book. I am concerned by this as thought the copyright/license holder was the only one who could do this. I didn't upload either of them and as both images were created by and belong to Amazon, I am not sure if they can be posted on other sites.

Are you able to advise on the situation and resolve appropriately please? As I don't want my book involved in any copyright issues.

Similarly, the title appears to have been changed. Can anyone edit details on here or is it just the author/publisher?

[Banjomike]

If you are concerned about anything legal then you should contact Customer Support.

You edited the title after publication which isn't allowed. Cam changed it back to the original title and added a new edition with your new cover and combined the two.

[R.L.]

Thanks for the reply.

I am concerned as the covers do not belong to me, and I did not add them here. I just thought this may have been something you may have come up against before and had a 'go to' answer for.

I did not realise you could not edit the title, I wonder however, why the option is there to physically do it if it is not allowed? I did not see a warning either. Also as the book title has now changed, how is that dealt with here.

Am sorry to ask so many questions, though I am new to all of this and learning all the time. It is early days for me in regards to publishing and did not realise everything put on this site was so 'set in stone' or perhaps would have avoided it until i was more established. It is quite easy to change/update things on Amazon, assumed it would be the same elsewhere.

[Krazykiwi]

Using covers from Amazon is allowed, Amazon owns GR. Other covers come direct from publisher/author websites, under the doctrine of fair use. GR isn't selling the covers (or even directly the books), it is a database just like a library catalog, it's only displaying them.

If the title changes, or the cover changes, or the author changes their name, a new edition is created and linked with the "combine" feature to the existing editions. That's because again, GR is a database, and each edition is distinct, albeit linked. So you don't update existing editions, because they are complete and correct as they are. Just create a new one (and then ask here in the librarians group to have them combined).

The reason the title field is editable is because the automatic imports from other databases (ingram, amazon) aren't perfect either, sometimes they have errors. Sometimes the editions added by users have typo's or misspellings too. Or maybe you write a sequel and need series info added to an existing book. There's lots of reasons a book title might need a little tweaking, but it should always match what's on the cover, subject to GR's data normalization rules like capitalisation.

If you're worried about having lots of editions, don't be. Go look at The Shining for instance, it has 165 different editions, and that's fine :)

As author you can pick the one you want to show up as default for people who just search for the book or click through from your author profile, and most authors set that to the currently for sale edition.

[Banjomike]

R.L. wrote: "Thanks for the reply.

I am concerned as the covers do not belong to me, and I did not add them here. I just thought this may have been something you may have come up against before and had a 'go ..."

I doubt that there is a problem with adding your cover to Goodreads.

On Goodreads a title change is treated as a new edition. That allows people who own the original edition to keep it on their shelves without it being replaced by a new title they have never heard of and don't want. As to why the option is there... giving authors the ability and telling them NOT to use it, has always seemed a bit perverse. "See that tree full of nice apples? Don't touch!"

The title change is dealt with, as I said, by adding a new edition with your new cover (and title).
https://www.goodreads.com/work/editio...

[rivka, Former Moderator]

R.L. wrote: "I wonder however, why the option is there to physically do it if it is not allowed?"

Sometimes the title entered is incorrect (typo, etc.)


R.L. wrote: "Also as the book title has now changed, how is that dealt with here. "

By adding a new edition, as was done by Cam. As the author, you have the ability to change which edition of the book is the default, which will come up in searches by title and show on your author profile. Here's how: http://www.goodreads.com/help/show/31...

[R.L.]

Thank you all for you replies, I think that has put my mind at rest somewhat regarding the two concerns that I had and I will try to be mindful of these things in future.

Just to confirm one last things around the editions, so I am clear. The way I am picking it up here is that the 'editions' could be referred to editions of listings as opposed to actual books. As I still only have one book edition, though now have two 'Goodreads listing editions'. It does not imply that there is more than one published edition, though that the details have been entered twice,is that correct?

[Banjomike]

R.L. wrote: "Thank you all for you replies, I think that has put my mind at rest somewhat regarding the two concerns that I had and I will try to be mindful of these things in future.

Just to confirm one last things around the editions, so I am clear. The way I am picking it up here is that the 'editions' could be referred to editions of listings as opposed to actual books. As I still only have one book edition, though now have two 'Goodreads listing editions'. It does not imply that there is more than one published edition, though that the details have been entered twice,is that correct?"

An edition is just a version of a book. Perhaps with a different cover, the movie tie-in, the silk-bound limited edition, different language, paperback instead of kindle, etc etc. The number of physically published editions is entirely down to you and what you decide but Goodreads keeps a record of every different version of a book that ever sees the light of day. You publish what you want and we write them down.