Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

Please add a cover for the following existing book record.

Title:
Енциклопедія київських річок (3-тє видання)

Author(s) name(s):
Кирило Степанець

ISBN (or ASIN):
978-966-8349-30-0

Publisher:
ТОВ "Автограф"

Publication Date:
2024-08-23

Format:
Hardcover

Cover source (official, non-bookseller):
https://hiddenkyiv.com/shop/kyiv-rive...

Direct cover image URL:
https://e-c.storage.googleapis.com/re...

This is the official author website and the direct link to the front cover image.

How can we confirm that is the author website? The name Hidden Kyiv is confusing.

https://hiddenkyiv.com/#about-1

HiddenKyiv.com is the official website of the author.

On the "About" page it is clearly stated (translated from Ukrainian):

“The project ‘HIDDEN KYIV’ is a project by Kyrylo Stepanets and Olena Pryk, dedicated to researching unusual and hard-to-reach sites of Kyiv and other places around the world.”

Original Ukrainian text:
“Проект ‘HIDDEN KYIV’ — це проект Кирила Степанця та Олени Прик…”

This confirms that HiddenKyiv.com is not a generic brand, but the personal project and official platform of the author Kyrylo Stepanets, where he publishes and sells his own books and materials.

Therefore, this site qualifies as an official author website and a valid non-bookseller source for both book data and cover images.

Here is direct confirmation that HiddenKyiv.com is the official website of the author Kyrylo Stepanets.

On his personal Facebook profile, the author writes (translated from Ukrainian):

“I currently have a record assortment of my own books.
You can order four different titles:
– The Largest Square in Kyiv (Serce Livoho Bereha);
– Forgotten Resort Sviatoshyn;
– Nyvky;
– Encyclopedia of Kyiv Rivers.

Most of them were self-published at my own expense.
All books can be ordered from our shop on the website:
https://hiddenkyiv.com/magazin”

In the same post he explicitly links to HiddenKyiv.com as his own online store.

Additionally, on his Facebook profile, in the ‘Links’ section, the author lists:
hiddenkyiv.com

This confirms that HiddenKyiv.com is the personal and official website of the author Kyrylo Stepanets, where he sells and presents his own self-published books. Therefore, it is a valid official author source for book data and cover images.

It looks to me like sales through a third party website so would be a bookseller rather than author site.