Thread: "E-book data poor" (from The Bookseller)
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Old 12-10-2009, 04:17 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
One reason why many eBooks don't have covers is simply that "cover art" rights are generally negotiated separately from the book rights, and it's common for a publisher to have electronic distribution rights to the book, but not to the cover.
That seems like such a bizaare situation. The publishing industry has some backwards practices.
Interesting article though, I am definitely opposed to electronic version being stripped of that valuable 'meta' data.
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