I just noticed that you have a note in your code: ” //to-do add different templates for displaying books. e.g. list, grid, etc” So it looks like you’re already aware that this would be a great addition 🙂
Thanks for your help though, I appreciate it.
No I figured it out. It was conflicting with another plug-in, “My Google Books Library,”
http://wordpress.org/plugins/my-google-books-library/
The instant I deactivate that other plug-in and refresh in Post Thumbnail Edtor, the image in the crop area shows up.
The beta didn’t resolve the issue. The only real difference I saw with the beta was that it launched in a popup window instead of opening a new tab, which is nice by the way. I tried it in Chrome 31.0.1650.63 and IE 11.