Importance of book cover as information retrieval tool in digital era: A study with reference to public library services in Karnataka

The book-jacket is the paper cover that wraps around a book to protect it. Many people Strip off these jackets and throw them away, but a nice dust jacket can be the major part of the value of a book. The jackets could also give short excerpts from the book. It is difficult to buy a book without knowing what it is about and in the days before dust jackets, this information would be on the title page. This paper described about the book cover in details-concept, Importance, information embodied relation with library and use has been discussed.