J. Bosman Reading and Chip Kidd Video (Matt)

One thing brought up in the reading is how more people are migrating to reading ebooks compared to traditional hard-cover printed-out books because of the convenience. I definitely think that the convenience is nice, but I personally have never been able to read an entire ebook. So I was surprised to see that most of the time there is a larger amount of ebooks purchased compared to physical copies. For someone like me, having a good cover is something I definitely do place a lot of importance on. Admittedly, I do judge a book by its cover, since it really is the first impression that you get of the book. I think the cover really helps to paint a picture in the reader's mind of what type of story and what kind of things could be happening within the book. Having a great cover sets the scene for the reader and allows them to build off of that image in their mind. Designing a great cover is something I never really thought about in particular, but it was really interesting to see in the Chip Kidd video how many different, but all eye-catching covers he was able to design. I thought the coolest cover he showed was the My Name is Red cover since just by taking the book off of the shelf, you get an entire idea of what the story is. Little things like this are something I never realized that there was so much thought and effort put into making these meaningful covers.