Template:PublicationFields:CoverArt

• Title - Title of the COVERART record. Note that this field is not displayed when entering new publications or editing/cloning publications without COVERART records. If this field is displayed, its value should be the title of the publication.
• Date - Date of the COVERART record. Note that this field is not displayed when entering new publications or editing/cloning publications without COVERART records. If this field is displayed, its value should be the date of the first known appearance of the COVERART title.
• Artist - Cover artist responsible for the cover art. If not known, leave blank. If there is no cover art, leave the field blank, but consider adding a comment in the Notes field to that effect so that it's clear to other editors that the artist field has not been simply ignored. For other sources of artist attribution use the following rules in the order they are listed below:
  • If the artist's canonical name is stated in the publication, enter it
  • If the artist's alternate name is stated in the publication, enter it and make sure to create a Variant Title later
  • If the publication has no explicit artist credit, but another printing of the same book credits the artist:
    • Import the COVERART title from the printing with the artist credit
    • Adjust the COVERART title's date to reflect its earliest known appearance
    • Update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the cover has the artist's initials, enter the artist's canonical name if known and update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the cover has an artist-specific symbol (e.g. a stylized version of the artist's initials), enter the artist's canonical name if known and update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the cover has a recognizable signature, enter the canonical name if known and update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the publication has no explicit artist credit, but a secondary source credits the artist, enter the canonical name and update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the publication has no explicit artist credit, but the credit is implied (e.g. a small section is reproduced as a credited INTERIORART work), treat it as a "secondary bibliographic source" scenario described above: enter the canonical name and update the Notes field with the source of the attribution
  • If the publication has no explicit artist credit and no secondary or implied credit, but the artist's style is recognizable, leave the "Artist" field blank and update the Notes with the name of the artist and reason for attribution
• Additional Note on Cover Artists and Designers: Note that entering the artist's name in the "Artist" field will actually create a "COVERART" content record behind the scenes; the COVERART record will have the same title as the title of the publication. The cover designer (as opposed to the cover artist) is only entered in this field if he or she also did (parts of) the cover art. Otherwise the cover designer can be recorded in the note field.
• Add Artist - If the cover art is credited to more than one artist, use this button to create a second artist field. As many artists as you wish can be added.
• Add Cover - If there is more than one COVERART record associated with this publication, use this button to create an additional record. This typically happens when dealing with "dos-a-dos" books.