My name is David and I like building cool stuff.
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Judge a Cover
Friends, I went to a bookstore the other day with one goal in mind: Buy a Great Book. After my trip to the bookstore, I can assert that, all other factors held constant, any great book that is going to be bought out of the blue MUST have a great cover. Yes, if a friend told you “YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK!”, then regardless of the cover, YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS BOOK! Yes, if you’re determined to finally finish reading Crime & Punishment after that 10 year hiatus, you will not be swayed by a yawn-inducing cover. But readers, if your goal is to discover a fascinating read, chances are slim that you will even have the opportunity to find out just how fascinating that book is unless it has a fascinating cover.
Judging a book by its cover may not a great practice. The phenomenon I am discussing preempts judgment though - plenty of books never even have the opportunity to be judged because the cover just sucks. The good news is, just like all books with great covers won’t be great, all books with boring covers won’t be boring - so readers, next time you visit a bookstore, judge a cover, pick up a boring cover and be surprised (and never smile at a monkey).
