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Originally Posted by John F

I assumed that also. And I assumed that the publisher paid the artist for its use. I assumed that covers are copyrighted works, and someone owns the copyright, so to use the cover you must get permission from the copyright owner.

For some books the publisher doesn't have the rights to use the paper edition cover on the ebook.

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Imagine everyone emailing publishers to use a cover on a personal copy.

Nice idea. Even better would be snail mail.