Can I retrieve a cover that vanishes?
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1elainepy
Sometimes if I add books on the app, using my mobile phone as a barcode scanner, the correct cover is shown... but then I look at my catalogue on the website (or later on the app) and a different cover is shown, and if I try 'change cover' the right cover is not shown as even available (from Amazon or a member). Is there any way to retrieve the cover that originally popped up? (Hope it's not a silly question. I'm a newbie, and I have tried searching FAQs.)
Thanks, Elaine
Thanks, Elaine
2timspalding
Thanks for the note. That cover will often be there if you click to edit the book and then click "cover images" on the left. You can then choose it.
If this is unclear, or you have other problems, reply back, and give the book you're dealing with.
T
If this is unclear, or you have other problems, reply back, and give the book you're dealing with.
T
3lilithcat
No, it's not a silly question.
Are you using Amazon as your source? If so, then the image is subject to their whims. If Amazon changes it on their site (which might happen with a new printing/edition), it changes every place where their source was used. So it won't appear on the "Change cover" page, either.
Are you using Amazon as your source? If so, then the image is subject to their whims. If Amazon changes it on their site (which might happen with a new printing/edition), it changes every place where their source was used. So it won't appear on the "Change cover" page, either.
4aspirit
You can add new cover images. The LT app and full website both have features to help with uploads, from a photograph you take, a download, or a weblink (URL).
Oh, here, this Help page might be useful.
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/HelpThing:Work/Covers
Oh, here, this Help page might be useful.
https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/HelpThing:Work/Covers
5aspirit
By the way, a tip that's a little off-topic, but something I didn't know about until a member went off-topic to tell me, is that we each can find a Help page on a specific feature by going to the site page before clicking "Help" in the right corner of the header menu. (In the new design, "Help" might be elsewhere on the page.)
I hope I'm explaining that clearly.
I hope I'm explaining that clearly.
6timspalding
FWIW, the reason this happens is that the addbooks function just links blindly to the Amazon image, whereas more complicated logic obtains once you add the book. I need an example, however, to see what's going on in a particular instance.
7aspirit
>6 timspalding: are you looking for an example of a work with no cover image?
the example work recalculated to add an image so has been removed from this message
the example work recalculated to add an image so has been removed from this message
8elainepy
Many thanks for all replies.
If I scan these books - or, I now find, search for these ISBN - with Amazon.com as the source, it pops up with the right cover; but when the books are in my library, no cover is there, and none is available:
184003789X
1844171949
1840039485
If I scan/search for this one, the right cover pops up; but in my library a different one appears, and the right one is not available:
1840038268
My original question was how to retrieve the cover that popped up on 'add books'. But if Amazon can change a cover once it's in my library, it seems this won't fix the problem permanently.
Thanks, Elaine
If I scan these books - or, I now find, search for these ISBN - with Amazon.com as the source, it pops up with the right cover; but when the books are in my library, no cover is there, and none is available:
184003789X
1844171949
1840039485
If I scan/search for this one, the right cover pops up; but in my library a different one appears, and the right one is not available:
1840038268
My original question was how to retrieve the cover that popped up on 'add books'. But if Amazon can change a cover once it's in my library, it seems this won't fix the problem permanently.
Thanks, Elaine
9Opteryx
>8 elainepy: Find your cover picture on Amazon.com, right-click on it and select "Copy image address" or similar, and then go to the LT cover-editing page for that book and paste the image address into the "grab one from the web" box and click the Grab button. Then you will have the image originally from Amazon uploaded to LT in a way that won't let it change on you in the future, as long as at least one person keeps using that image on at least one book entry on LT.
10Maddz
Goodreads is a reasonable source of covers, although they tend to be somewhat US-centric. My other go-to source is AbeBooks or Kobo.
Be careful grabbing covers from Amazon - make sure you don't have a look-inside' cover; if you do, there is a way of editing the URL to remove the look-inside framing. Sometimes, you can click inside the look-inside and select the cover from the resulting pop-up but right-clicking as above.
If all else fails, try a Google search with images.
Be careful grabbing covers from Amazon - make sure you don't have a look-inside' cover; if you do, there is a way of editing the URL to remove the look-inside framing. Sometimes, you can click inside the look-inside and select the cover from the resulting pop-up but right-clicking as above.
If all else fails, try a Google search with images.
12MerryMary
>11 lilithcat: Me too.
13Bettesbooks
>1 elainepy: If it is an ebook that you purchased thru Amazon:
1. you can go to manage content and copy the image on the thumbnail; or
2. using the kindle app on your computer. Search the library for the title of the book, the cover that was used when the book was epublished will be avail there. just go to title page and using the full screen image copy and then upload to LT.
1. you can go to manage content and copy the image on the thumbnail; or
2. using the kindle app on your computer. Search the library for the title of the book, the cover that was used when the book was epublished will be avail there. just go to title page and using the full screen image copy and then upload to LT.
14elainepy
Many thanks to all for the helpful suggestions, I will have to experiment. I've also now discovered that I can 'review' a book while it's on the 'added' list on the app on my phone, and photograph and upload the cover within the app.
There's a lot more to LT than I imagined when I signed up - I'm really impressed.
There's a lot more to LT than I imagined when I signed up - I'm really impressed.
15saltmanz
>9 Opteryx: >10 Maddz:
The edit is simply to remove everything between the first period in the filename and the jpg at the end:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B07WYSGHC7.01._SY95_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg (unedited)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B07WYSGHC7.jpg (edited)
That nets you the full-size Amazon image.
The edit is simply to remove everything between the first period in the filename and the jpg at the end:
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B07WYSGHC7.01._SY95_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg (unedited)
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/P/B07WYSGHC7.jpg (edited)
That nets you the full-size Amazon image.
16elainepy
If the correct cover is available when I click on change cover, but only from Amazon, I have found that I can right-click on it, save it to my computer, then choose it and upload it.
My question is firstly, is this a legitimate thing to do, and secondly, will it attach this cover permanently to my entry?
Many thanks (and apologies if I should have started a new thread for this). Elaine
My question is firstly, is this a legitimate thing to do, and secondly, will it attach this cover permanently to my entry?
Many thanks (and apologies if I should have started a new thread for this). Elaine
17Maddz
>16 elainepy: I just right-click the Amazon cover, select image address and drop the address into the from the web box.
Seems to work...
Seems to work...
19MarthaJeanne
>16 elainepy: And this was a good place to ask, as it keeps all the 2020/21 hints on how to deal with covers together. (If you are looking at this a few years down the line, the hints may or may not work.)
I'll add another one. You can see on your memes/stats page how many Amazon covers you are using, and follow a link to see them. This page can be reached from the top of your home page or profile page, and has lots on interesting information about your account.
You can also turn Amazon covers off generally in your account settings (Your books> Other settings). Again through profile or home.
I'll add another one. You can see on your memes/stats page how many Amazon covers you are using, and follow a link to see them. This page can be reached from the top of your home page or profile page, and has lots on interesting information about your account.
You can also turn Amazon covers off generally in your account settings (Your books> Other settings). Again through profile or home.
20elainepy
Thanks so much, that's all really helpful.
And pasting in the link is even quicker, great.
And pasting in the link is even quicker, great.
21Petroglyph
>17 Maddz:
If you remove the "._SX900_SY1270_SCLZZZZZZZ_" parts from the end of the amazon image urls, you get access to a higher-quality image. Anything between "._" and the extension.
If you remove the "._SX900_SY1270_SCLZZZZZZZ_" parts from the end of the amazon image urls, you get access to a higher-quality image. Anything between "._" and the extension.