Winners 2008
The Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) announces the winners of its second ECPA/Dickinson Press Book Cover Award during its 2008 Publishing University in Chicago, IL. This awards competition, sponsored by ECPA and Dickinson, is open to all ECPA member publishers and recognizes excellence in book cover design.The 2008 ECPA/Dickinson Press Book Cover Award winners in the four award categories are:
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Category 1 Best Cover from a Small Publisher (1-100 titles annually) Zora and Nicky David C. Cook Author: Claudia Mair Burney Designer: Jason Gabbert, The DesignWorks Group ISBN: 9780781445504 |
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Category 2 Best Cover from a Mid-level Publisher (101-250 titles annually) On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group Author: Andrew Peterson Designer: Mark D. Ford, Sr. Art Director | illustrated by Justin Gerard ISBN: 9781400073849 |
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Category 3 Best Cover from a Large Publisher (251+ titles published annually) Adam Thomas Nelson, Inc. Author: Ted Dekker Designer: Tim Green, The DesignWorks Group | Mark Ross, Art Director ISBN: 9781595540072 |
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Bibles (From all Bible Publishers) The Literary Study Bible Crossway Books & Bibles Authors: Leland Ryken and Philip Graham Ryken Designer: Josh Dennis ISBN: 9781581348088 |
A team of design, marketing and book reader preference experts evaluated the entries based on how the design itself matches the characteristics of the book’s target audience. Design components such as composition, images, font treatment, color palette, and title were also considered.
