Feedback please..

Thank you for inviting me to take part in this project. I’ve submitted my design and look forward to your feedback when convenient.

Hi, could you please share the exact trim size of the book? The current cover seems to be designed at 8.5 x 11 inches. Thank you!

Greetings Designers and Art Directors of possible cover designs for my forthcoming book, "The Art of Client Service!"

I hope all of you are doing well.

Many thanks for your submissions; I received more than 100 from some 30-plus of you. Many are VERY impressive; I deeply appreciate the time and effort you devoted to this.

Choosing the winning cover design is a bit like winning the World Cup; there are many extraordinary teams, but there only can be one winner.

The same is true here: there are many excellent submissions, but there only can be one, making my choice nothing if not a challenge. That choice is complicated by the reality that the winning design must not only satisfy me, but also my editor at John Wiley & Sons, which as publisher, has final say on the cover design, although my opinion will have tremendous influence on the outcome (Wiley is unlikely to choose a design I do not support).

Here is my plan to arrive at a final choice: I will spend the next several days, extending into next week, winnowing down the selections to a more manageable number. By week's end I then submit my short list of cover options -- it could be as few as three or as many as ten -- to my editor; we then will arrive at a final decision.

As I work through the options, I might reach out to some of you with aq question or possibly a concern, such as asking if we can modify the color pallette or adjust the typography. I will keep these requests to an absolute minimum, so if you don't hear from me, you need not worry.

If all goes as planned, I will notify the winner and all others by the week of March 16.

In the meantime, I ask for your patience as I work towards what will be a difficult choice.

Many thanks again for your contributions!

Best,

Robert

Good evening designers/art directors! (or good morning, if you live outside the U.S.),

I hope all of you are doing well.

Many thanks again for your contributions; I admit it was a challenge to narrow down the more than 100 submissions I received to a more manageable number. I've done this; there now are 12 what you might call "semi-finalists," with three I've designated as "finalists." I've emailed these twelve to my editor at Wiley, asking him to respond by week's end.

Assuming I hear from him, I should have a decision for you by end of day Friday, or, worst case, by early next week.

Many thanks for your patience!

Best,

Robert

Greetings Contest participants!

I hope all of you are doing well.

The hardest thing a contest sponsor has to do is pick a winner, especially when there are so many strong submissions from which to choose.

This is the case here: there were many strong designs, making the selection very challenging. After long and serious consideration, I, along with my publisher, selected a submission from "creativeoutline" as the winner.

Many thanks again for all your efforts. If any of you would like specific feedback on the cover designs you submitted, email me; I will do my best to respond.

Best,

Robert