23. This agreement is the whole agreement of all parties. This agreement does not apply to other written or oral commitments or conditions that are not included. If you accept a purchase for the new cover design, if you sell your book on a site like Amazon, do you attribute the photographer as an illustrator or graphic designer as an illustrator? If you still want to be ultra-conservative, look for permission to use the book cover or save a license. But from the point of view of this author (who is an intellectual property lawyer), permission to use a book cover is a huge and unnecessary waste of time though, and I mean IF, you only use it to check a book. However, if you change the cover of the book, keep reading. The copyrights on book envelopes created by designers that are employed by traditional publishers belong to the publishing house. The art of the cover is considered a “rental work” according to the law, but since the designer is an employee and the work is done as part of his employment (i.e. he was responsible for designing the cover), it is not necessary to write to transfer ownership of the copyright to the publisher. 14. The customer agrees to abide by the terms of a licensing agreement for images purchased by Bookfly Design LLC through an external image provider for use in the customer`s book cover design.

The cost of the design cover includes the license to use these images and is limited to 500,000 copies. Books with a circulation of more than 500,000 books may be accompanied by additional royalties. Images used for customer coverage are unlicensed; However, the photographer owns the copyright to these photographs and can only be disseminated in the book cover design. The addition of logos would be considered a confirmation of your book by PBS Nature. If they supported the book, the use of the logo would be fair. If they contain a part of the story that has nothing to do with the book itself, to.B from an article you wrote or an interview you gave, that could be a problem. You can certainly use your designs in both a printed book and an eBook. If you only create a design with items you`ve downloaded and created yourself, you can use it appropriately. In many cases, the cover artist is not allowed to transmit. You can`t pass on what you don`t have. The artist can only grant or transfer the limited rights of the third party who originally authorized the underlying assets.

I`d like to use a Tom Thomson painting for the cover of my new book. Since the artist has been dead since 1917, should I be concerned about copyright violations? Hello! Thank you very much for this informative article. I`m brand new to the world of coverage. I was approached by a publisher about a book cover – they want to use one of my own creations they encountered on the internet. I am waiting for the contract, but I guess, because that is my design, that the copyrights go to me. If they claim that I cannot claim copyright, can I refute it? It could be a little more complicated because it doesn`t just send on the design, I have to recreate it in a medium that they can use – I did the design with colored pencils on a copy of my book and they need me to repeat it in black on a white background (which I`ll do digitally). A newcomer here, so every board is super appreciated. Have a good day. I have some kind of secondary question about cover design.

I`m starting out as a cover designer, so I don`t have a large portfolio yet. I was wondering if I could design covers for existing books to show my vision of design. For example, could I design a cover for The Handmaid`s Tale using this title and Atwood`s name, which has been strictly included in an online portfolio, and specify that it is a “tribute” cover that is not available or allowed? Products: The eBook includes the representation of works of art designed and created by the designer, composed of one or more photograp