Can we use book cover images to promote our library books on Pinterest?

Book covers are likely to be copyright-protected works in themselves, and also often contain third party ‘artistic works’.  So, for example, Amazon reflects this in its terms and conditions.  Copying these digital images and making them available to the public (such as pinning them onto Pinterest), without permission will be an infringement.
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