An Abundance of Katherines fan cover contest (2011)
project history · status: completed · last event: milestone (2012-08-28)
In October 2011 Penguin let Nerdfighteria design a new cover for An Abundance of Katherines. Asked in June 2012 what became of the contest, John said he would reveal the winner that Thursday in New York; at BookExpo he revealed the design by a 17-year-old longtime Nerdfighter, who then left for her prom. In August 2012 he showed Sarah Turbin's design as one of the hardcovers in the box set of his books.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to submit cover designs for An Abundance of Katherines (2011)
About: Penguin Books, An Abundance of Katherines, Sarah Turbin, John Green box set
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-10-19 | launched | John announces Penguin will let Nerdfighteria design the new cover of An Abundance of Katherines; submissions via abundanceofcovers.com and one will become the actual cover. | Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! 00:01:02 |
| 2012-06-05 (happened 2012-06-07) | milestone | Asked what happened to the An Abundance of Katherines cover contest, John says he will announce the winner and reveal the cover on Thursday in New York. | The Dangling Rope of Terror: It's Question Tuesday 00:00:33 |
| 2012-06-12 (happened 2012-06) | outcome | John says he revealed the new An Abundance of Katherines cover at BEA, designed by a 17-year-old longtime nerdfighter. | Chris Colfer, John Green, Mob Wives, and Jeffrey Eugenides: Thoughts from Places Book Expo 00:00:29 |
| 2012-08-28 | milestone | Nerdfighter Sarah Turbin's An Abundance of Katherines design is one of the hardcovers in the new box set. | In Which the Candle Dies 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — ask: John asks viewers to submit covers via abundanceofcovers.com (linked in the doobly-doo), joking that the future of An Abundance of Katherines depends on it. — 00:01:02
- 2011-10-21 · Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron — Hank says the fan-cover project convinced a publishing company, for the first time in history, to put a book in bookstores with a cover designed by its fans. — 00:01:27
- 2012-08-28 · In Which the Candle Dies — announcement: John shows the new box set, designed by Karen Kavett, with hardcovers of Looking for Alaska without the candle, the new Paper Towns design and Nerdfighter Sarah Turbin's Katherines design. — 00:00:29