I think Bosman brings up a great point about book cover design and its importance in the sale of books. I know when I was in middle school, the dystopian books were a huge trend and had a lot of covers with faces on them. Now, I think I have noticed a shift towards more clean book covers that are more simple and abstract. I know personally, that I love collecting books, and having covers that match a series to having books with beautiful colors on their cover makes the books that much better in my eyes. I have wondered how book companies are doing since the increase in popularity of e-books, so reading this has opened my eyes to the things book industries are doing to counter it and bring back the love for reading physical books.
I really liked the delivery of the video. He took us through the process of making the cover while also keeping it light-hearted which I absolutely loved. He was also humble about his achievements like creating the Jurassic Park logo (which blew my mind that he just drew it out by himself). I think his covers were extremely creative and genuinely made me want to read the book. The manipulation of the book cover and jacket to make the idea of two related things (like for the book Naked and 1Q84) or simply using the synopsis of the book to research cover art (like My Name is Red) was extremely intriguing to me. Overall, it really put into perspective how much work book designers put into their covers for the author.
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