Pleasures and Frustrations

I am a book junkie and I come from a family of book junkies. Our house is literally covered in books. That being said there is no way I could have not loved a course in book design. On the other hand, I do think one can enjoy this course even if they don't have a passion for books.

First and foremost book design provides one with an amazing finished product. A whole book! Made just by you!

Additionally designing a book takes a lot more long-term thinking than simply designing a poster. On a similar note, it gives you practice doing creative direction. When you have let's say 50 pages that need to be cohesive yet remain interesting all the way through, that is a challenge.
If you have no focus I wouldn't necessarily recommend book design to you. It takes a lot more stick-to-it-ness than designing a logo.

Another element of book design is the actual building on the book. If you have a fear of working off of the computer you may enjoy designing the book, but I would say look for a course that does not involve building your own book. For those of you who do like to get hands-on book design is a great place you can combine graphic design with 3D design. In addition to simply building the book, you can have a lot of fun exploring different book binding materials. Plus you can even get a little messy with all the paste and glue involved!