Thread: What's the deal with generic covers in ebooks?
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Old 04-08-2014, 07:53 AM   #17
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For almost all of the books I have bought with a generic cover, I have been able to go to the publisher's website and download the proper high resolution cover image for free. So I don't think it can be an issue of the publisher not having rights to the image.

Edit: Unless it is a way to avoid paying the cover artist. Perhaps if they include the cover with the ebook they would have to pay the artist a percentage of the book's price, but if they give away the cover separately for free the royalty would be a percentage of zero?
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