David is right, you should cut all of the illustrations in this book.
Usually I mention this at the start, but the PG transcription did not
include them, so I didn't realize this book was illustrated at all.
Any image that is not crucial to the plot, like a map in a murder
mystery, should be cut.
On 1/5/26 1:17 PM, Edlir Velaj wrote:
> Thank you! This looks good to me. The three men in focus is better
> suited to the scene I was referring in the book, where three men are
> discussing around a table.
> I will then go ahead and commit the cover image.
>
> Edlir
>
> Në datën e hënë, 5 janar 2026 në 6:52:56 m.d., UTC+1, David shkroi:
>
> That crop works pretty well. By "mock-up", I meant including title-
> box - I had a go with your image and it looks like this:
>
> cover-villa-400x600.jpg
>
> You'll need to be the judge of the "aesthetics" of it: it might be
> worth experimenting with the crop-frame shifted slightly to the
> right, so the standing figures come into the picture more ... but
> then that big "portrait" might seem off-kilter.... You can see what
> works best!
>
> I've gone ahead and made the assignment in the artworks DB; I don't
> think Vince will mind.
>
> D.
>
>
> On Monday, 5 January 2026 at 17:38:16 UTC edlir wrote:
>
> Hello David,
>
> I'm attaching the cropped and a little upscaled image. I
> upscaled it a bit, because the original image's dimensions are
> 1602x2000 and we need 1400x2100. I kept the center of it,
> because the painting would look bad cropped otherwise. Also,
> there is room below for the title and author to be unobtrusive.
>
> Thanks for the support,
> Edlir
>
> Në datën e hënë, 5 janar 2026 në 9:49:02 p.d., UTC+1, David shkroi:
>
> Vince may well be busy at the moment, so on the cover: in
> principle that image looks fine, and since it's in the SE
> artworks DB, is legit to use.
>
> It looks like it could be difficult to crop, though. Could
> you post a mock-up of the cover? (Se SEMoS rules <https://
>
standardebooks.org/manual/1.8.5/single-page#10.3.3>; there's
> also a helpful "how-to" <
https://standardebooks.org/
> contribute/how-tos/how-to-choose-and-create-a-cover-image>.)
> That will ensure that what you eventually commit to the repo
> will be good going forward.
>
> Also, just looking in your repo now, I see you've included
> all the illustrations. Normally these "decorative"
> illustrations are just cut. I don't think we want to keep
> them, but perhaps Alex could confirm.
>
> (I see you've also renamed the `cover.jpg` file for some
> reason? Well, that will probably come good once the proper
> cover has been committed.)
>
> David / Fife, UK
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