I think the covers illustrated here are just plain ugly.
I think the old-fashioned idea of using just the title and the author on the cover would be much better. I have many old books with that simple text on the cover. They have a certain elegance in that simplicity.

I am very angry with Canada Post's parcel delivery in Hamilton. I had no problem in Mississauga, but since I moved to Hamilton, as a 78 yr old senior, I'm forced to walk "less than a kilometer", that is 0.9 kilometers (as the crow flies?) to pick up my parcels. It always seems they mark the notice "No answer". I received a notice in today's mail again and I WAS home all day yesterday, and I was NOT on the phone, even once. What goes on here? I have phoned Canada Post and they tell me parcel delivery is from a Stoney Creek location.
I live alone here and I do a lot of shopping on the Internet (books, dvds, music). Even if I was on the phone, if the phone is busy, obviously someone is home!
Even to take a bus to get to the Jamesville Post Office requires me to walk 4 or 5 blocks to the bus stop, even though I live right downtown.
Canada Post tells me they cannot drop parcels off at the post office at Jackson Square because that is a franchise?? So is the one at Shoppers Drug Mart in Jamesville.
They cannot re-delivery under any circumstances. This is one of the only postal services I use as my communication is all Internet based; much easier for a senior.