via LibrarianInBlack by Sarah Houghton-Jan on 8/11/08
LibraryThing now has over one million user-uploaded cover images. And they made those cover images (available in three sizes) available to any library, or anybody else, who wants to use them. There are limits (1,000 image retrievals per user per day) and you can't make them available in bulk to others. You can read the fine print yourself, but this is wonderful. LibraryThing fully admits in their post about the covers that Amazon's collection of covers is better, but LibraryThing's collection doesn't require a link-back to a for-profit entity. I can hear library staff around the world sighing in happiness. w00t.
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