File:1634 The Bavarian Crisis-Eric Flint.jpg

Image of the pre-release cover of the novel 1634: The Bavarian Crisis, for fair use in that novel's article.

by the guidelines para numbers...

1. No free equivalent... Book cover, any photo would be derivative.

2. Respect for commercial opportunities. satisfied (May actually assist)

4. Previous publication. Non-free content must have been published outside Wikipedia. Yes, numerous book retailers on line and the publishers website

5. Content. Non-free content meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic. On point for the article is to discuss the book

7. One-article minimum. Non-free content is used in at least one article. Satisfied (So kill the damn BOT for the first line above says all this)

8. Significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding. Non-free media files are not used if they can be replaced by text that serves a similar function. This is arguable, but the tradition is to allow book covers.// FrankB 01:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

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