Bridget Watson-Payne and Allison Weiner interview

 Recently looked into the interview with Watson-Payne and Weiner, the information provided by the interview work for me as a designer as it places the interview into the perspective of both Watson-Payne and Weiner as a major theme of the video. There isn't really anything missing with the presentation, information provided well in the video.

I don't really often read books, mostly use my reading skills to read fine print and digital messages on my devices. If I were to read books, I would mostly utilize a digital reader to read the type of the book, aiding me in picturing the visual elements of the text. Not just simply the cover design, but also the typographic layout of the pages appeal to me as well. A book as a form of multimedia platform can aid in my curiosity of the text as well, giving more options on ways to view the text. Hearing about publishers and authors having their own sites as well can aid in understanding the books as well, understanding some form of real world context as well. 

Thoughts on the presentation provided by the two interviewees is that the information provided also aids with adding more context and views of perspective to the Chronicle books. Understanding UX and understanding publishing gives a new idea on what purpose the design has. Similarities push forward the idea on having the design appeal to the target audience. Differences is the purpose, costs, and forms of media consumption the designs have to the viewers.

Two books I've found with contradictory visual elements and narrative are:

Ready Player One Novel, where the cover tells a post-apocalyptic world, but the narrative mostly relies on the virtual reality instead;

and The Catcher In The Rye, where the cover gives off an old regal tale, but the book's narrative undergoes a tragic tale of a kid in the modern day.