Purchasing of a image and license for book cover, thank you!

[yan_3722]

Hello there,

I plan to use a picture (https://stock.adobe.com/hk/stock-photo/id/821661302?asset_id=821661302) as part of my book cover. The book will be published and openly and commercially sold both in the bookstore and online, and the expected sales would not exceed 500,000 copies. Since the image will be just part of the cover and will only appear once in the entire book (although this is not a picture book, but inside the book, there are other more than 100 photos), then, normally speaking, this image should not be considered as the primary value of the book, is my understanding correct?

Then, what type of license should I purchase, a standard or an extended license?

The last question is, I don't plan to make a big modification to the image because the designer thinks the image itself is perfect. In this situation, do I still have to attribute or give credit to the author since I paid for the license?

Thank you very much!

[daniellei4510]

You don't need to give credit to the author, but given that it's on the cover, I suspect you will still need an extended license regardless.