Post-Processing Policy re: Cover Pages
It is DP policy that, when we create a new cover for a coverless book, we confine ourselves to images that are found within the book itself rather than images found in other versions of that book or other possibly public-domain images. PG also requires that where a new cover is created, a Transcriber's Note should include the following sentence:
- "New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain."
Note that the wording of this statement has changed. Also, historically, text of this nature was sometimes added directly to the cover image, but it is now preferred to include it in the TN.
Title-pages from the book may be used as a cover and, since they are a part of the original book, may be used without the above statement in the TN.
If a book has a cover image but it is blank and contains no images or text, it is preferable to treat the book as coverless and arrange to create a cover for it following the guidelines expressed above.
Translations of the cover art statement - note that they may need updating (15 April 2023)
For French books the wording would be -- "La page de couverture, créée expressément pour cette version électronique, a été placée dans le domaine public."
For German books the wording would be -- "Das Umschlagbild wurde vom Bearbeiter gestaltet und in die Public Domain eingebracht." The above sentence, however, is useful only in the context of US copyright law and could therefore remain in English should the PPer wish. If the book is "gemeinfrei", the text would be: "Das Umschlagbild wurde vom Bearbeiter geschaffen. Ein Urheberrecht wird nicht geltend gemacht. Das Bild darf von jedermann unbeschränkt genutzt werden."
For Spanish books, the wording is "El transcriptor ha creado la imagen de la cubierta y la sitúa en el dominio público."