The book cover is the first point of contact with the reader. The relationship between the book cover and the book content is now so important to get right, because they not only give a visual representation about the context, content or genre of storyline, but will be the first step in enticing a potential customer to purchase the book.
There is a famous saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover”. But why not? The reader, as a potential customer, wants to be able to dissect the cover to understand what genre the book is. The power of good cover design, is communicating the genre to the reader; the power of great cover design is persuading the reader to buy a book genre they would not normally, because they are enticed and intrigued by the book cover. (Quora)
In today’s world, where the Internet has made everything easy to access, so the importance of a good book cover design has never been so critical, because the cover of a book must immediately represent the genre and the content. An alternative purchase will by only a ‘click’ away. Just as with physical copies, both the author and designer will be involved in creating an inventive design for their book cover, to give a visual view of what is contained on the pages, to attract readers and possible followers of their work in the future.
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