If you want to get it as exacting as possible, I'd recommend using the path 
tool, then locking the alpha channel and cloning the edges. I did your book 
from the first image real quick and made a 4 min video. I can explain more if 
this is what you're after.

I didn't compress the video so hopefully the quality will be good enough to see 
everything.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mu2nm8v8ovbwn53/book-render.mkv?dl=1

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018, at 2:03 PM, atticus wrote:
> >Ok just re-read your post and you do not want to invert a selection
> >(why??)
> >
> >Make the selection 
> >
> >Copy it 
> >
> >Paste it into a new canvas of suitable colour.
> Because when I use the fuzzy tool it invariably selects some of the book as
> well. I'm sorry to be dense, but none of the methods are working for me. Thank
> you for your kindness
> 
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