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Old 02-13-2011, 04:52 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by kiwidude View Post
That's a pretty cool tip. I remember a post a while ago by Kovid saying one of the reasons he did not get try to get cover images from Amazon was the overlays, this would get around that.
I read a lot of indies so sometimes Amazon is the only place to get a cover, or at least one that's the right size. Plus, I like choice. I'm not a stickler for the exact cover for the exact edition - sometimes I just pick the edition with the cover I like best. It's kind of odd, because I'm so picky about everything else, but my covers just have to be attractive, they don't have to be edition-correct.

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Although between FantasticFiction and Google Images I rarely need to resort to Amazon's ones. Those sites were the primary reason why I wrote the "Search the Internet" plugin. Incidentally I will shortly release a plugin that will get covers from Goodreads so keep an eye out for that in the plugins forum if you are interested.
I'll keep an eye out for your plugin, definitely. And I just remembered where I learned that Amazon trick - the Goodreads Librarian discussion forum.
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