Book covers have always been a source of advertisement, a desire to buy and spread, and a kind of free advertising that the reader carries with him everywhere, and with it, publishing houses gain more customers and with it you sell a lot of other books, so surely when a distinctive or attractive title book cover attracts you, you will buy it without even thinking.

Or when you sit in a park, park, or train and you see someone carrying a book reading it, the title or cover will pull you up, so you seek the closest library to acquire it, and so the cycle continues (although there are few scenes like this in our Arab world).

But now the situation will be backward, as all the previous was for paper books and their printed covers, but what about the upcoming new monster? What about the coming armies of electronic readers led by the iPad from Apple, which were issued and will be released in succession this year and next year?

Yes, the situation will inevitably be different. When you lean your head to see what is the cover of the book that your companion, neighbor or companion is reading, you will not see any cover! You will just see an e-reader with the logo of Apple, Amazon, Google, Sony, or Noble & Barnes!

Is this a threat to the promotion and spread of books and the free publicity that was carried out by every reader in all parts of the city and in the public and free libraries?

Not completely, as the promotion here will move perhaps to wider areas and with more sophisticated means, so when you read an e-book on these new and upcoming devices, whether on the iPad, Kindle or other, you will inevitably share that experience electronically with your friends and your community via Facebook or Twitter or through the online stores that you You will introduce new social features or through your blog or other social network.

Which means that you will provide a new and unique experience in advertising and free advertising for this book, perhaps you will reach hundreds or a thousand people who will inevitably encourage some of them to buy and acquire this book, whether in its electronic or even printed version.

What about the cover of those books .. will we miss them?

Not exactly, but the iPad and others will provide an interactive and new experience in designing these covers, as we see in this video:

Brother told us, do you still read traditional books? What do you think? Do you prefer to buy online with these new devices and do you read using the iPhone or iPad ?,? Do the nominated books that you buy come to you via the Internet and social networks, or from friends of reality?

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