Torun, Poland First: $3000 +Adobe Software +books

Kent, OH Second: $2000 +Adobe Software +books

Quebec, Canada Third: $1000 +Adobe Software +books

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Check out the winners of the 1999 Bookpool Bookmark Contest and the 2002 Bookpool Bookmark Contest. Note that the 1999 and 2002 contest conditions were somewhat different than the current contest conditions.

Contest Conditions

1. We invite you to be creative! We have no style restrictions, feel free to experiment. Bookmarks with the winning designs will be sent to our customers with their books. They should be appealing to Bookpool’s clientele, a creative, intelligent and highly technical mix of folks from around the globe with high standards of quality (quality of design is a consideration for the acceptance of entries).
2. Bookmarks must contain the following text: "bookpool.com" and "Discount Technical Books" (or a similar slogan that emphasizes discounts and technical books). Legibility is required.
3. We will print the winning bookmarks on cardboard stock. You can use the colors of your choice for your designs, and need not use a border (i.e. the artwork can go to the very edge of the bookmark).
4. All bookmarks must be original designs created by the entrant. Some clip-art may be used, but winners must certify that Bookpool LLC retains all rights to the bookmark designs containing the clip-art without payments to the clip-art owner. Winners will need to document where the clip-art came from, and under what terms it was used.
5. Bookmarks must be in GIF or JPG formats. Color mode must be RGB. No animated bookmarks will be accepted.
6. Submitted bookmarks must be 144 pixels wide by 504 pixels high (2 inches by 7 inches at 72 dpi).
7. Winners must submit a final high quality version at 300 dpi (600 pixels wide by 2100 pixels high).
8. Maximum bookmark file size is 16 Kbytes for the initial 72 dpi version.
9. You may enter more than one bookmark, but no more than three. Submissions are final, no substitutions. You don’t have to submit all three at once.
10. All Bookpool employees will participate in selecting the Top Contenders and the three prize winners. The selection will be based on the creativity of the bookmark. Bookpool employees are a diverse group including artists, musicians, engineers, linguists, business people, poets, and rock climbers.
11. Prize Descriptions: First prize is USD $3000, an Adobe software collection, and several books. Second prize is USD $2000, an Adobe full version software program, and several books. Third prize is USD $1000, an Adobe full version software program, and several books. Top Contenders will receive a USD $25 Bookpool gift certificate and a t-shirt from Adobe Press, Peachpit Press, or New Riders (First, Second, Third Prize winners will not receive a Top Contenders reward). Note that in previous contests, the number of Top Contenders was approximately 10 percent of the total number of entries, it is possible that the percentage may change. The software is from Adobe Systems, the books and t-shirts are from Adobe Press, Peachpit Press, and New Riders, and the money is from Bookpool. Adobe Systems has requested that we not list the product names and versions of the prize software, and Adobe Press, Peachpit Press, and New Riders have requested that we not list the book titles at this time.
12. Bookpool LLC receives all rights to the First, Second, and Third prize bookmarks, including, but not limited to, complete exclusive ownership of the bookmarks, the right to use and display the bookmarks in any media and any format, and the right to modify the bookmarks. Bookpool LLC will receive no rights to the bookmarks that do not win a First, Second, or Third prize. Winners who are US citizens or who are living in the US will need to fill out and return an IRS W-9 form before they will be able to receive their prize.
13. Bookmarks must be submitted by Wednesday, November 19, 2003 (East Coast Time). Bookmarks judged to be Top Contenders for the prizes will be displayed for a several week long review period to allow everyone to verify that the bookmarks are original designs. The First, Second, Third prize winning designs will be announced on Wednesday December 17, 2003.
14. Please e-mail bookmarks to contest@bookpool.com and include your name, mailing address, e-mail address, and phone number. By submitting the bookmark to Bookpool LLC, the entrant is agreeing to the contest conditions.

Contest Conditions (Additional Legalese)

15. No purchase is necessary to enter. All federal, state, and local laws apply. Employees of Bookpool LLC, Adobe Systems, Pearson Plc, or any subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotional agencies, or members of any such employee's immediate families or households, are not eligible to participate in the contest. This contest is void where prohibited.
16. Bookpool LLC reserves the right to disqualify any entries it deems, in its sole discretion, to be obscene, unlawful, threatening or otherwise inappropriate. Bookpool LLC reserves the right in its sole discretion to cancel or suspend the contest or any portion thereof should any cause beyond Bookpool LLC’s control disrupt, corrupt and or compromise the administration, security or proper play of the contest or for any reason Bookpool LLC deems such suspension necessary.
17. By submitting your entry you hereby warrant and represent that all information provided by you as part of the entry is true, accurate and complete, and that you are the sole creator of the bookmark, the bookmark is entirely your original work of authorship and that the entry was not created at your job, using your employer's equipment or on your employer's time, or in any other manner that would result in your employer claiming intellectual property rights in the bookmark. You further agree to indemnify and release Bookpool LLC, Adobe Systems, and Pearson Plc, and all their subsidiaries, affiliates, partners, agencies, agents and representatives and the officers, directors and employees of each from any and all liability for any claims, charges, injuries, losses or damages of any kind caused by, resulting from or arising out of your participation in the contest, or Bookpool LLC's use of the entry, or any prize or your acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize.
18. Odds of Winning. The odds of winning a first, second, or third prize in the contest will be determined solely by the number of entries submitted and deemed eligible for the contest. The odds of becoming a Top Contender will be determined by the number of entries that Bookpool LLC, at its sole discretion, considers to be of exceptionally high quality.
19. By submitting your entry you hereby agree to the following terms: The bookmark will be deemed a "work made for hire", as that phrase is used in the United States copyright law, and all right, title and interest in and to the bookmark will vest automatically in Bookpool LLC. To the extent the bookmark is not deemed to be a "work made for hire," you hereby assign, transfer and convey, and agree to further assign, transfer and convey, to Bookpool LLC any and all of your intellectual property rights in the bookmark.
20. You agree that if you are chosen as a prize winner you shall promptly sign any documents reasonably requested by Bookpool LLC to evidence or perfect its rights in the bookmark, such as a hard copy of these contest conditions, before you are eligible to collect the prize.