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Originally Posted by Blossom
It's possible they don't know the image has been used before. The Kindle Store is huge. There are a limited amount of images available to use for covers unless you say hire someone to do it for you like this person who many use these days. |
True. Which is why most publishers commission the artwork (at least, for anyone they think will sell) and avoid public domain images for the most part. Hard to believe S&S would use an image that can appear on hundreds of other books (in stores and on Kindle). If they commissioned or optioned it, it's also hard to believe they would allow rights to return to the photographer so quickly.