HOW TO: How Vega Discover chooses Syndetics cover image in rollup

How Does Vega Discover Choose which book is used to provide a Syndetics cover image in a Work Level Rollup?

Description
What rules does Vega Discover use to choose a book cover image for a work with more than one format and/or edition of a given title?
 

Answer
When evaluating a work level rollup to choose an ISBN/UPC to use as the work level image to request from Syndetics Unbound, Vega chooses the instance with latest pub date from the following rollup tabs, in order of precedence:
1. books
2. ebooks
3. large print books
4. audiobooks
5. eaudiobooks
6. blu-ray
7. dvd
8. any other format
 

Clarifications:
When consulting editions in a work level rollup, if there are any editions with ISBNs use the newest book, otherwise use the newest ebook, etc until all the above categories are exhausted or an ISBN is found. Textual work rollups will look at formats in the following order and choose the most recently published edition that has an ISBN in the record:
1. books
2. ebooks
3. large print books
4. audiobooks
5. eaudiobooks
6. any other format

Visual materials (Video) work level rollups will look at formats in the following order and choose the
most recently published edition that has an ISBN/UPC in the record:
1. blu-ray
2. dvd
3. any other format
 

Solution ID: 220830102104747
Last Modified Date: 07/03/2024 04:32:42 PM