Publishers Weekly
Spring 2009 issue
The gray block in the lower left corner of the comps represents the label area.
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Fall 2008 issue
Spring 2008 issue
Fall 2007 issue
Only 14 of the books
being considered for the
PW cover will be selected.
Gallery of book covers under consideration for the front cover of PW magazine spring 2009.
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FINAL COVER |
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FINAL cover design featuring:
• a customized three dimensional grid that uses the primary corporate teal color
• fonts from the corporate font families using colors from the corporate palette
• interior spreads use the same grid for continuity, but with different colors from the corporate color palette
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Comp 1 |
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This concept and the ones following use the new IBPA look with the black bar at the top and bottom.
The bottom black bar works well since space for the label needs to be reserved here anyway. And the white logo pops off the dark background.
A variety of textures are shown in the following concepts. All use colors from the IBPA color palette.
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Comp 2 |

Comp 2 |
A rather wild background with a splatter effect. The font matches with its own splatter dots surrounding the letters.
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Comp 3 |
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A spotlight effect shining down on this background.
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Comp 4 |

Comp 4 |
Grid effect in the background that is similar, although quite a bit smaller, to the IBPA grid used on other marketing pieces.
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Comp 5 |

Comp 5 |
The colorful background is placed on a white background. This area of colorful swirls and dots is similar to the Small Press Month website.
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