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Design an eBook cover for a New York Times best-selling author!

DEFCON ONE, by Joe Weber

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Contest Launched: Apr 12, 2012
Selected: 1 winning design from 30 concepts
Winning Design by: cclubb
Close Date: Apr 22, 2012

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Creative Brief

Design an eBook cover for a New York Times best-selling author!

DEFCON ONE, by Joe Weber

Ignition Books, an imprint of Endpapers Press, will be releasing a new eBook edition of NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author Joe Weber's DEFCON ONE, but we need a new cover. For contractual reasons, we cannot use the cover you see on Amazon, http://amzn.com/0515104191.</b> </p> </p> So, a couple of ground rules, if something in this brief is typed in all caps, you should set it on the cover in mixed case italics, except for DEFCON, since that is an acronym.</b> </p> </p> On the cover, include the following: The NEW YORK TIMES Best Seller!</b> </p> </p> Also: "A blazing debut."—Tom Clancy</b> </p> </p> Title: DEFCON ONE</b> </p> </p> And, of course, the author's name: Joe Weber</b> </p> </p> The art can be anything the relates to the plot of the book. The book is a techno-thriller set during the Cold War. So any military hardware featured should be from the 80s and not current.</b> </p> </p> The silhouette of the carrier isn't bad, but Weber's books have also featured a lot of different planes. Be original, but appeal to the target audience.</b> </p> </p> In addition to the cover art, we will need to include the Ignition Books logo on the top left or bottom left corner. We have uploaded the file for this for you to use.

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Anyone who loves Tom Clancy, Dale Brown, and, of course, Joe Weber novels. These are military-oriented thrillers, with a dash of spy fiction. Think of readers who loved THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER.

We need an eBook cover that conforms to the guidelines created for Amazon for the Kindle and Apple for the iPad, etc. It should be delivered in an .ai format with all fonts, as well as a .jpg file.

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  • April 21, 2012 8:12 PM
    andyzack andyzack
      Project Holder
    #23 is intriguing, but I think it might be too subtle. Remember, most people will see this less than 2" high on a bookseller website.

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  • April 21, 2012 5:43 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    With less than a day to go, the winner at this point is clear. It has great art that is appropriate to the time of the book (it's a Cold War novel). It has drama and the type treatment is not plain. The only tweak it needs is that "Best Seller" should not have a hyphen. If you want to come in now and have a shot, you'll need great art and for the cover to look like a best seller you'd find in a bookstore.

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  • April 21, 2012 5:40 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    #20 has potential, but the plane is wrong. Given the setting of the novel, it should be an F-14. This appears to be an F-35. Also, "New York Times" should not be all caps. It should be mixed-case and italics. And the Ignition Books logo should be smaller, as on your other entry. #19 is a fine entry, though same issue with "New York Times." Should be mixed case and italics. I also think the type on both #20 and #19 for the text at the top is a bit heavy. #21 and #22 are fine except you've used F-18s, which are not appropriate to the cover of this book. And they don't have the drama of the other covers. Sorry.

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  • April 20, 2012 4:38 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    #17, That's a great image, but it is simply not appropriate to the book at all.

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  • April 19, 2012 1:00 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    #14, I fear, looks like science fiction. Not sure of the aircraft used, but the treatment to me looks a bit too SF. And the font used is a bit rougher than I would like. Good effort, though! If I had an SF novel that needed a cover, I might use this one! #13, I just don't like perspective. I can tell you've used two photos here, yet here are many photos available via respected stock photo sites that would work. Also, the font is too rough.

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  • April 19, 2012 12:56 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    #15. Nice, minimalist treatment. No need to put New York Times in bold, though.

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  • April 17, 2012 8:01 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    #9 is terrific! How about some "smart quotes," instead of the straight quotes, though? And can we try the title in a sans serif and a different color? Silver?

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  • April 16, 2012 3:30 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    All art/images used MUST be from recognizable stock photo/art sites and able to be acquired at a reasonable fee. We must strictly adhere to US copyright law and use only those images for which we can acquire the rights.

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  • April 16, 2012 3:29 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    I like #8 better than #7, however, you've misread the brief a bit. NEW YORK TIMES should NOT be in all caps, just italics. The word "Also:" should not appear, just the quote. I presume you lifted the "Author of PRIMARY TARGET" line off the old cover. It was not specified in the brief and should not have been included. All in all, a decent draft. Looking forward to seeing what it looks like tweaked, as well as any other ideas. And, last, but not least, I will need to know the source of the art and cost, please. Thank you.

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  • April 14, 2012 1:54 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    Entry #2: the title is wrong. It says "DEFONE," not DEFCON. Also, the author's name is no bigger than on the previous version and it must be. And, the word "ONE" is too hard to read. Keep in mind, please, that this will be viewed in a thumbnail size by most buyers at first. Therefore, it needs to work at 1.67" high, meaning the title and author name should be clear in a thumbnail. Last but not least, this is clearly not stock art you just found on the Internet and I will need to know the cost of the art. Entry #3: Actually works a bit better in terms of readability of the author's name and title in small format. I don't think "New York Times" needs to be in bold. And since this looks like you clipped the art from #2 and turned it black, I would still need to know the source and cost. Also, are you able to give the type an "embossed" look? Something that would give greater dimension? Thank you.

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  • April 13, 2012 7:12 PM
    andyzack andyzack
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    The art is great. What's the source/cost? As for the design, well, that needs a lot of work. As per the notes, New York Times should be mixed case italics. The all caps I used was to indicate italics. I don't like the title treatment. Too hard to read. And the author's name should be bigger. Thank you.

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