Bosman and Kidd commentary

I really liked the expression that Kidd made, which is that the cover designer will become an interpreter and a translate once they read the book. Because cover design is the very first thing we see when we look at the book and the very first impression of the book is made by the cover design. Cover designers have to be creative to attract attention but also have to make sure that the cover design reflects the content of the book. I believe that when I’m choosing which books to read, cover design is definitely one of the factors that are affecting my decision, so the way he expressed designers as interpreters and translators was very interesting. After watching Kidd’s TED talk and reading Bosman’s writing, I thought that paper books allow cover designs to be more effective on readers because there are not many things you can do to the cover designs in the e-book. For instance, Kidd mentioned the book Buddha has an image of Buddha getting old when you put all the books in the series on the shelf, but it is harder to see when it is an e-book. You can only see this when you have those books on the shelf. Personally, I prefer reading paper books rather than e-books because I feel like you can really dive into the world of the book when you read a paper book and I think this links to Kidd’s point where he mentioned the smell and feel. Also, Bosman mentioned creating fancy cover designs to attract readers and I think that it is a great way to bring people back to paper books.

Mitsy