I am all for the iPad, but trust me - smelling it will get you nowhere.
A book cover is a distillation. It is a haiku of the story.
I still have a steady stream of book cover work. I'm grateful for it. Viva le book!
Life is a life-long assignment that must be constantly analyzed, clarified, figured out, and responded to appropriately.
If you can properly define the problem, then you've already defined the solution as well.
Much is to be gained by eBooks: ease, convenience, portability. But something is definitely lost: tradition, a sensual experience, the comfort of thingy-ness - a little bit of humanity.