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Low res scan of book cover (Titan by John Varley, 1979 Berkley Books hardcover first edition) for use in illustrating article about book. Retrieved from http://pictures.abebooks.com/MJTBOOKS2/726570657.jpg and subsequently cropped.

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This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover or the publisher of the book. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers

to illustrate an article discussing the book in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. Please include in your fair use rationale details of the particular edition (publisher, market & year of publication) of the edition you have used, and also acknowledge any cover artist if such artist is acknowledged in that edition's frontmatter. If the book cover is in the public domain (see Wikipedia:Public domain), then use the appropriate public domain tag rather than this one.

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Titan (John Varley)
Description	Cover of Titan, by John Varley. 1979 Berkley Books hardcover first edition
Source	Retrieved from [1] and subsequently cropped.
Article	Titan (John Varley)
Portion used	Only the book's front cover is used. This image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
Low resolution?	The image is of sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original. Any copies made from this image would be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork. The image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
Purpose of use	This book cover is used as the primary means of visual identification of the book for informational and educational purposes. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone.The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for.
Replaceable?	As a book cover, this image is protected by copyright; any other image that shows the cover of the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.
Other information	Use of this image in the above article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	00:05, 4 January 2007	372×551 (78 KB)	Antepenultimate (Talk \| contribs)	(Low res scan of book cover (Titan by John Varley, 1979 Berkley Books hardcover first edition) for use in illustrating article about book. Retrieved from http://pictures.abebooks.com/MJTBOOKS2/726570657.jpg and subsequently cropped.)
	15:51, 1 July 2006	300×499 (38 KB)	Cinnamon42 (Talk \| contribs)	(Book cover of ''Titan'' by John Varley)