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Book Cover Help > Replace cover by another with better quality

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message 1: by Javi (new)

Javi (fjpalacios) Hello! I found a book with a cover very small and poor quality, I uploaded a new and bigger cover to ImageShack.

This is the book:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...
And this is the cover:
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/54...

Thanks!


❂ Murder by Death  (murderbydeath) Done. Looks much better! :)


message 3: by Javi (new)

Javi (fjpalacios) Jennifer E. wrote: "Done. Looks much better! :)"

Thanks for the fast and friendly reply! :)


message 4: by Ann (new)

Ann Lee (goodreadscomannlee) | 19 comments Exactly how to upload a book cover with no book cover


message 5: by Ann (new)

Ann Lee (goodreadscomannlee) | 19 comments The book has a cover just need to know how exactly how to upload


thanks


message 6: by Michael (new)

Michael Henderson (michael_henderson) I would like to replace my book cover (I've applied to be a librarian, but I don't know what happened to that)

Here is the cover: http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/j...

Here is the book:The Ghost of Caroline Wald; a Ghost Story and Horror Novel

Also, it shows two editions. Is there a way to combine them?

Thanks

Michael E. Henderson


message 7: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12220 comments Someone else has already done the cover. There was a second Kindle edition with no data I have deleted.


message 8: by Michael (new)

Michael Henderson (michael_henderson) Renske wrote: "Someone else has already done the cover. There was a second Kindle edition with no data I have deleted."

Thanks


Experiment BL626 | 358 comments Michael wrote: "I would like to replace my book cover (I've applied to be a librarian, but I don't know what happened to that)

Here is the cover: http://s1085.photobucket.com/albums/j......"


Nobody changed the cover as Renske said. Your editions still have the original cover-art. Moreover, it is against the rules to replace original cover-art with a new one. One of the reasons is because readers want the edition with the cover-art that they bought.

However, Goodreads does allow for alternative cover editions. I have created one for you here:

The Ghost of Caroline Wald by Michael E. Henderson

This edition will become the top or "default" edition when more users have added this edition than the other editions with the old cover-arts. That shouldn't take long, the second cover-art is more attractive. =)


message 10: by Michael (new)

Michael Henderson (michael_henderson) Michael wrote: "Renske wrote: "Someone else has already done the cover. There was a second Kindle edition with no data I have deleted."

Thanks"

It is not against the rules -- there is a procedure for it. And nobody can buy the book here, they must buy it on Amazon, which has the correct cover. I want the cover changed, and I have a right to have it changed. Kindly do so, or I will just add another book with the correct cover.


message 11: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments It is against GR policy to change book covers once books are published. This is a book cataloging site and readers want the edition they read, with cover on their shelves.

The correct procedure is to add another edition with the new cover (without the ISBN or ASIN since that was initially assigned to the first cover)


message 12: by Experiment BL626 (last edited Mar 12, 2012 12:52PM) (new)

Experiment BL626 | 358 comments Michael wrote: "Michael wrote: "Renske wrote: "Someone else has already done the cover. There was a second Kindle edition with no data I have deleted."

Thanks"
It is not against the rules -- there is a procedure ..."


Yes it is. A SuperLibrarian said so right here. Authors and us Librarians only have the right to change cover if the cover is inaccurate for that edition in the sense that edition never had that cover to begin with.

ETA: Or Paula can tell you herself.


message 13: by Michael (new)

Michael Henderson (michael_henderson) Then why is there a procedure for it? Your explanation makes no sense.


message 14: by Experiment BL626 (new)

Experiment BL626 | 358 comments Michael wrote: "Then why is there a procedure for it? Your explanation makes no sense."

Can you link the webpage for this "procedure"? I do not understand where is this coming from.


message 15: by Paula (new)

Paula (paulaan) | 7014 comments Because we are not replacing the original cover art that is against the rules. We are creating the new a new edition with alternate cover which is the procedure


message 16: by Renske (new)

Renske | 12220 comments I made some mistake, I read message 6 too quick and saw only that all editions had a cover, so I though it was correct.


message 18: by Alex (new)

Alex | 2736 comments #17 Done.


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