Since I was out of town, I missed last week’s Booking Through Thursday, but then found a bunch of great related links this week, so I thought I would do a Booking Through Thursday Rewind 
Last week’s question came from Julie, who asked:
While acknowledging that we can’t judge books by their covers, how much does the design of a book affect your reading enjoyment? Hardcover vs. softcover? Trade paperback vs. mass market paperback? Font? Illustrations? Etc.?
Here’s what I found…
From Gather:
Did you know that distributors who market books to the larger bookstores do not take the whole book or even the manuscript with them? They take big briefcases full of just the covers! So the covers, in those cases, actually represent the book! I didn’t know that until I found it out at the Georgia Writer’s Conference this week. But I did know that every industry professional I’ve heard says that covers sell books.
From Libraries Unlimited: New Trends in Book Cover Design and their Impact on Readers
From the Millions: Tomer Tanuka’s new covers
If you are thinking this topic sounds familiar, I asked a similar question last month regarding titles — check it out!
Then, just for fun, here is a meme I found from Lisamm who borrowed it from Softdrink. It’s fun, try it!
1. Your Rock Star name (first pet, current car): Fritz Highlander
2. Your Gangsta name (fave ice cream flavor, fave type of shoe): Coffee Flipflop
3. Your Native American name (favorite color, favorite animal): Purple Horse
4. Your soap opera name (middle name, city where you were born): Carol Flint
5. Your Star Wars name (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): Galkr
6. Superhero name (2nd fave color, favorite drink): Green Tea
7. NASCAR name (the first names of your grandfathers): Arnold Walter
8. Stripper name (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Lavender Chocolate
9. TV Weather Anchor Name (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Parkinson Pittsburgh
10. Spy Name (your favorite season/holiday, fave flower) Autumn Tulip
11. Cartoon Name (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Lemon Jeans
12. Hippie Name (what you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Nature’s Path Maple
