Originally Posted by Katsunami
It's one of the things I don't like about the Kindle either. It skips (at least) the cover. I, for one, take a look at the cover of a book (if it shows something of interest) at the same way I'd look at a picture. It's the one thing I'd like to have a color reader for (and illustrations, of course). I also flip through the front matter, and read any introductions. I also like encountering an inline TOC.
I know, I book could just be text and an internal TOC and nothing else. I have some books that are actually like that; even from the big publishing houses. I do, however, feel that a 'proper' book should have a nice cover, front matter, back matter, and a TOC.
It's more an aesthetic consideration than a functional one.
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