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Acceptable sources for book covers and other book data:

Author Websites
Publisher Websites (such as Random House and Smashwords)
Amazon (since they now own Goodreads)
AbeBooks
Book Depository
Audible

Na onal Libraries of the World: h p://www.publiclibraries.com/world.htm

Use this site to find non-US libraries, some even have English based sites in addi on to the na ve
language, so this would be a good resource for librarians rescuing non-English books.

WorldCat: h p://worldcat.org
Please note that WorldCat is a permissible source for book data; however, it may not be used as a
source for cover images.

Argen na
h p://agencia.librosar.com.ar/portal...

Australian
h p://trove.nla.gov.au/book

Danish
h p://bibliotek.dk/

Dutch
h p://zoeken.bibliotheek.be/
h p://www.kbr.be/catalogues/catalogu...
h p://www.kb.nl/
h p://www.debezigebij.nl
h p://www.boekerij.nl
h p://www.degeus.nl
h p://www.uitgeverijcargo.nl (is an imprint of De Bezige Bij)
h p://www.uitgeverijathenaeum.nl

English (UK)
h ps://www.nls.uk/home

English Publishers
h p://www.persephonebooks.co.uk

Finnish
h ps://fennica.linneanet.fi/ (Na onal library database)
h p://www.helmet.fi/ (Database of capital area libraries)
h p://monihaku.kirjastot.fi/en/

Finnish Publishers
h p://www.kirja.fi/
h p://www.tammi.fi/
h p://www.otava.fi/
h p://wsoy.fi/yk/
h p://www.soderstrom.fi/ (publishes books in Swedish)
h p://www.karisto.fi/portal/suomi/
h p://www.teos.fi/fi/etusivu/index.php
h p://www.like.fi/

List of Finnish publishers

h p://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luokka:S...

German
German Na onal Library/Deutsche Na onalbibliothek: h p://www.d-nb.de/

h p://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk....
h p://www.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/kvk_... (English version)

German Manga Publishers

h p://www.carlsen.de/web/manga/a_bis...
EMA/ Egmont Manga & Anime: h p://www.manganet.de
Panini comics/ Panini manga: h p://www.paninicomics.de
Tokyopop Germany: h p://www.tokyopop.de (click Bücher)

Italian
Bibliotecha Nazionale Centrale di Roma: h p://193.206.215.17/BVE/ricercaBase...
Internet Culturale: h p://www.internetculturale.it/openc...

Italian Publishers
h p://www.einaudi.it/
h p://www.librimondadori.it/web/mond...

h p://www.astrolabio-ubaldini.com/
h p://rizzoli.rcslibri.corriere.it/
h p://www.adelphi.it
h p://www.feltrinellieditore.it/
h p://www.minimumfax.com/
h p://www.elliotedizioni.com
h p://www.laterza.it
h p://www.guanda.it
h p://www.neripozza.it
h p://www.polilloeditore.it
h p://www.mulino.it
h p://www.sellerio.it
h p://www.skira.net
h p://www.fandango.it
h p://www.meridianozero.it
h p://www.garzan libri.it
h p://www.iperborea.com
h p://www.fanucci.it
h p://www.goodreads.com/story/show/2...

Japan
Kodansha and Shueisha are a couple of the big publishers in Japan.
h p://www.bookclub.kodansha.co.jp/
h p://www.shueisha.co.jp/

Norway
h p://websok.mikromarc.no/Mikromarc3/troms/default.aspx?db=nord-troms-felles&unit=6483
h p://samsok.no/

Spanish
h p://www.mcu.es/webISBN/
h p://www.laeditorialupr.com/catalog...
h p://catalogo.bne.es/uhtbin/webcat

Sweden
h p://libris.kb.se
h p://www.kb.se/isbn-centralen/svenska-forlag

UK
The Bri sh Library: h p://explore.bl.uk/

Rare, Old & Out of Print Books

h p://archive.org (Mul -Lingual)
SC University Libraries Rare Books & Special Collec ons: h p://library.sc.edu/spcoll/rarebook...

Specialty
RPG Game Index: h p://index.rpg.net/ (for tabletop RPG gaming books)

Cover Images
h p://www. neye.com/ (Search for images similar to the one you provide)

Sites that are not acceptable to use:

Barnes & Noble

Library Thing
Shelfari
Baker & Taylor
Google Books
Alibris
Powells
Indiebound
Bol.com: h p://www.bol.com/nl/index.html
all other (non-publisher) bookseller sites

Please find instruc ons for uploading cover images to book records here.

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