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Old 05-03-2009, 10:20 PM   #6
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Very often the reason it's not the same cover image shown on the website nor the same as the cover on the printed book is that the publisher didn't purchase the rights to the cover art/design for anything other than the printed versions. This also explains why a reprint edition may have a brand new cover.
That makes me wonder if it's legal (or at leas if it's ethical) to use the cover art they didn't pay for to sell an ebook that the artist won't be paid for.
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