Book Cover Dataset

Dataset Overview

Dataset Name

Book Cover Dataset

Dataset Content

Contains 207,572 books from the Amazon.com, Inc. marketplace.

Dataset Tasks

Task 1: Classification

• Sub‑task A: Book Cover Image to Genre (BookCover30)
  • Description: Classify books based on their cover images.
  • Data: 57,000 cover images across 30 categories.
  • Split: Train and test sets split 90%‑10%.

Task 2: Data Mining

• Sub‑task: Data Mining (Book32)
  • Description: Explore the entire book database.
  • Data: 207,572 books across 32 categories. Each book includes a cover image, title, author, and category.

Dataset Usage

Image Resources

• Full‑size Images: Not provided due to size constraints; label files contain image URLs.
• (224 × 224 × 3) Images: Resized images for the BookCover30 dataset are available for download.
  • Download Link: Google Drive (657 MB)

Citation Information

• Paper: "Judging a Book by its Cover," arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.09204 (2016).
• Authors: B. K. Iwana, S. T. Raza Rizvi, S. Ahmed, A. Dengel, and S. Uchida.