[Web4lib] Copyright and Book cover images

MichaelMay.27904586 at bloglines.com MichaelMay.27904586 at bloglines.com
Mon Mar 12 12:48:39 EST 2007


Book and movie covers of uniform size and resolution can found by ISBN through
OCLC's WorldCat or Find in a Library, though their "terms and conditions"
are restrictive:

http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/policies/terms/

Mike in
Dubuque

--- Walker wrote:
>> The best source of cover images is 
> >>
actually the publishers themselves.
>  
> I disagree.  I don't think 'best'
here should be measured in terms of the quality of the images, but rather
in terms of the ease of use of the service.
>  
> To get a cover image from
Amazon, all you need is an ISBN . . . .


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