Source of book cover jpgs

frankelr · 11-12-2010, 12:03 PM

Could someone please point me to a link where I can
find down-loadable book cover files. My main interest is covers
for public domain books such as are found at Gutenberg or Manybooks.

Thanks for any help

HarryT · 11-12-2010, 12:07 PM

Fantastic Fiction is a good source.

HamsterRage · 11-12-2010, 12:09 PM

Calibre has a "Fetch Cover Art" function that works quite well. I have no idea where it gets them from though.

Alternatively, just use Google. Type in the title, and then do an image search. You'll get covers.

BenG · 11-12-2010, 12:36 PM

Search Flickr. It has several book cover pools.
But most of the time a Google image search comes through. If the image you want is too small or of bad quality you can use TinEye Reverse Image Search to look for a better version.

Also you may want to take a look at Cover Browser.

ardeegee · 11-12-2010, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frankelr

Could someone please point me to a link where I can
find down-loadable book cover files. My main interest is covers
for public domain books such as are found at Gutenberg or Manybooks.

The problem with that is books old enough to be in the public domain come largely before the standard was to have artwork on the covers. This, for example, is the original cover of The Time Machine (from Wikipedia)

http://www.dollsofcolor.org/blog/wp-...1895_cover.jpg

And this looks, as far as I can tell, to be the first cover of Tom Sawyer:

http://www.amazon.com/ADVENTURES-TOM.../dp/B003JMEO1M

frankelr · 11-12-2010, 01:36 PM

Thank you for your help

Bob

11-12-2010, 12:03 PM	#1
frankelr Member Posts: 16 Karma: 168 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: k3kb, KTso, Nook ST	Source of book cover jpgs Could someone please point me to a link where I can find down-loadable book cover files. My main interest is covers for public domain books such as are found at Gutenberg or Manybooks. Thanks for any help

11-12-2010, 12:07 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 54,658 Karma: 26165759 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Touch, PW, Fire HD, iPad 3, iPhone 4, Samsung Tab 2 7 + More	Fantastic Fiction is a good source. __________________ Harry Currently proofreading The Poison Belt, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

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BenG Wizard Posts: 3,184 Karma: 39680909 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The Triad Device: Paperwhite	Search Flickr. It has several book cover pools. But most of the time a Google image search comes through. If the image you want is too small or of bad quality you can use TinEye Reverse Image Search to look for a better version. Also you may want to take a look at Cover Browser. __________________ Ben Mockingbird by Walter Tevis Last edited by BenG; 11-12-2010 at 01:22 PM.

11-12-2010, 01:36 PM	#6
frankelr Member Posts: 16 Karma: 168 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: k3kb, KTso, Nook ST	Thank You all for your help Thank you for your help Bob

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HamsterRage Evangelist Posts: 435 Karma: 24326 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	Calibre has a "Fetch Cover Art" function that works quite well. I have no idea where it gets them from though. Alternatively, just use Google. Type in the title, and then do an image search. You'll get covers.

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