Can you judge a book by its cover?

These days, I am seeing more and more posts and articles about 3D printing.  It's something that I have picked up on, but haven't had enough time to explore further.

So this morning, when I was checking my email inbox, I clicked on a link to read an article with the title:

The ‘World’s First 3D-Printed Book Cover’ Features Pop-Up Typography

After reading the article, I am still no further to knowing what the book 'On a full sea' is about, but I must say that I found the cover attractive.  I imagine that if you want to buy a copy of this special edition, it would cost considerably more than a normal copy (only 200 have been made and they are all signed by the author) and you couldn't really put it away on a bookshelf because the letters might get squashed and it would look awkward!

Then again, you probably wouldn't want to hide it away because it does look good and wouldn't you agree that the 3D on it looks great from different angles?

The short video about how the cover was developed is available on Youtube.  I thought it would be great material for advanced classes, working on language for reviewing and and giving opinions. There is a lot more lexis here than you generally find in coursebooks I felt.  

slick, clean, futuristic

And I like the way that Helen Yentus expresses herself and you could work on points that both she and the author make, etc.

I am always struck by how little learners remember about the books they're using - they sometimes remember what colour the cover is, sometimes the name of it, but very often, very little!  (Especially if they've covered the book at the start of the school year!!!  So maybe having an unusual cover would get over this.

And as a defender of print (I much prefer reading a book rather than an ebook - probably because I spend so much time in front of a screen these days!!!)

Will definitely be using this story in class!