11-30-2012, 03:38 PM | #16 |
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I do strip the DRM and put in a proper cover. But the issue is for people who don't do that and have multiple eBooks from Penguin with the penguin cover, they'll get the same exact thumbnail for each eBook.
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11-30-2012, 03:45 PM | #17 |
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Of all the publishers I learned to dislike when I got my kindle, penguin was the first and has held the position for 3 years.
For pbooks, they were my favorite .. For ebooks - argh. They overprice and underperform. |
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11-30-2012, 06:07 PM | #20 | |
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I've got a few Hachette books that don't have proper covers either. |
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Why, because you declare it to be so? Are you privy to some contractual details we don't know?
Oh, and here apparently is the answer: They don't have the digital rights to some of the illustrations. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33452 It's possible that if you re-download some of those titles, they've sorted out some of the rights. |
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ePub is even easier as all you do is edit the eBbok's metadata, replace the generic cover and use the Modify_ePub plugin to replace the cover. That does it without converting the ePub. |
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I downloaded a Penguin eBook from the library that's from 2010 that has the generic penguin cover with no text.
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Come to think of it I have the "Earth Children" series by Jean M. Auel and 5 out of the 6 books came with a generic cover. It seemed strange but after I start a book I don't really look at the cover anymore so I kind of shrugged it off and forgot about it.
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What offends me most are their unreadable maps and other important images, like family trees, along with insane pricing. :thumbdown:
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