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I read the help document that says "To add a photo, browse an image (.jpg or .gif format) on the top right where it says "Add a cover image for this book." Then click on "upload photo." If you are adding other book data while adding the cover image, just scroll to the bottom of the page and click on "save." Except I don't see any option to add a photo or image. I'm reading the other posts and I'm confused...do librarians have to add cover images or not? Because the help docs are saying you can't provide a cover image from a bookseller (???) yet others are providing bookseller links and the librarians are responding, "Done." So I have no idea how to add an image, but I tried not to be clueless! Sorry! Please help! Thanks!

Bookseller links cannot be used unless they are from Amazon or one of its subsidiaries that are listed in the manual, because Amazon owns Goodreads.
If you post the link to the book here on Goodreads we can look at it. Librarians have to add the cover unless the book is being added manually.

Authors can add covers to their own books though. There's a small grey "edit details" link on each edition's page, below the book information. Clicking on that will take you to a page where you can upload a cover if the edition is without one.

Abcdarian wrote: "Authors can add covers to their own books though. There's a small grey "edit details" link on each edition's page, below the book information. Clicking on that will take you to a page where you can..."

Didn't think about the fact it could have been their own book! Thanks.

No worries. :-)

About 1,5 months ago I addeda book but not the cover.
Now I want to ad cover (my pic) but it says can not.

#6: No, when adding a book there is a very short time for you to add the cover. A librarian can do it for you now. If you can upload the cover picture to "more photos" on your profile page (under your profile picture) we can take it from there. We also need a link to the book on Goodreads, or the ISBN number.

I uploaded pic, this is the book.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...

Thanks a lot. Can I add some more later like this?

cover added, you can now remove it from your profile if you wish

We'll be happy to help with any further requests.

Hello. I am the verified Goodreads Author of this book and it has no cover image. I cannot find an "edit details" link on the edition page.

Book: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
ISBN: 9791399091076
Publisher: Fundación Vinatea Editorial de la Comunitat Valenciana (August 2026)
My author profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

The official cover image is on my own website, and I am the author and hold the rights to it: https://static.wixstatic.com/media/59...

Could you please add it to the edition? Thank you very much.

Enrique wrote: "Hello. I am the verified Goodreads Author of this book and it has no cover image. I cannot find an "edit details" link on the edition page."

Try logging into the site on your author account.

Hello,
This book is a bestseller and needs a cover on Goodreads.Dream Land

Here is the link to the cover: https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True...

IBSN: 9781620402528

Katherine wrote: "Hello,
This book is a bestseller and needs a cover on Goodreads.Dream Land

Here is the link to the cover: https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True......"

Done, but start a new thread next time.

Hello, my book The Lich Overlord's Birthday Party and Other Disasters releases in 3 days and I need to update my cover. Can anyone help please? Here's the link to the current cover https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GZLMVY5H

Jessica wrote: "Hello, my book The Lich Overlord's Birthday Party and Other Disasters releases in 3 days and I need to update my cover. Can anyone help please? Here's the link to the current cover https://www.amaz..."

Start a new thread and link to the book.

Hello,

The Aeneid translated by Robert Fitzgerald needs a cover on Goodreads.

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780679729525

Here is the link to the cover:

https://www.amazon.com/Aeneid-Vintage...

Katherine wrote: "Hello,

The Aeneid translated by Robert Fitzgerald needs a cover on Goodreads.

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780679729525

Here is the link to the cover:

https://www.amazon.com/Aeneid-Vintage......"

It already has a cover.