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About IDEABOOK.COM, JUMPOLA.COM, and PAGEPLANE.COM

This is brilliant work, an amazing resource. Congratulations. Your collegial generosity and creative spirit are as a rare as they are valuable. You walk a creative edge that is at once practical and inspiring. I have learned lots here and seen it work in the marketplace. Well done.  RICHARD RICCELLI

I just wanted to write and let you know that we at HOW magazine were so taken with your site that we have listed it as one of our Web site's "Top 10" sites to see this month.  MEGAN LANE PATRICK, Senior Editor, HOW magazine and books

Always inspirational Chuck. Good design is hard to find these days. Thanks for tracking this stuff down and sharing it.  PAUL BOBKOWSKI

I felt compelled, only a quarter of the way through this month’s list of very cool links, to send a quick and huge THANK YOU to you for collecting such inspiring stuff and sharing it with the rest of us. My bookmarks are so out-of-control as a result...  TRACY BELAIR GAITO

I just want to say thank you for sending me the news letter it is greatly appreciated and your points and suggestions are most valued. I just would like to say congratulations on making the HOW design list that's a wonderful achievement and I look forward to the next installment.  ADELE SHERRATT

Quality stuff—great variety and a real creativity boost.  DAVID YORKA

I just wanted to say how much I enjoy your ideabook. It forces me to take some time to check out your sites and get new ideas for design layouts.  DAWN TRIVETTE

As always, the briefing this month was inspiring and fascinating. Thank you for all the sharing you do, it means so much to independent designers like me.  SARAH CLARK

As a retired graphic designer I like to keep in touch with the industry and related software. I enjoy your newsletter and ALL the links you provide.  SHEILA DOAK

Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions you'd like to share...

Found your site really useful for inspiration!  LAURA

Thank you each and every time you share your inspirational journey’s with me….I appreciate and welcome your emails. Each journey you share raises the bar!  ROBERTA RIVERA

Your Briefings let me visit interesting "places" I would not have the time to find for myself and these glimpses give me the butterflies in my stomach that got me into design. The inspiration I get from your selections keeps me dreaming. Thank you.  LISA LUNDARI

Your Links came at perfect time. I needed some reminders of the view... of the great designs out there!  JOEL BENNETT

Your IdeaBook web site is a marvelous bit of work: clean, interesting, attractive, informative; man, you've got it all.  CHRIS BOYER

I love your makeover! With your reorganization and the tabs system, your material feels much more available to me. Tracking what's been read will be easier, noticing what's new will be easier.  CARLY JENNING

Speaking as a graphic designer and an educator, I want to thank you for the excellent resource that is the ideabook.com. ...Thanks to you for sharing your thoughts, links, new "finds" and sharing your enthusiasm for professionalism and excellence in design and typography.  MARGARET REID

With so little time for browsing now, these links are so helpful, especially when you are trying to see what are the neighbours doing (differit approaches to design, really interesting ideas, etc.). I must say these are priceless...  BOGDAN GAVRILOVICI

Never a sucker for embellishments, you manage to keep the focus of the site to the content. Logical information architecture and one does find what one is looking for quickly. I do refer my creative mates to your site and resources. Great job!  NICHOLAS SINGH

I stumbled upon your site by chance and, having a love of creativity and graphics, I constantly refer back to it. Thank you so much for sharing this information.  DOTTIE HICKS

I love your work and go to your site whenever I'm looking for a creative and practical solution to a design question.  JUDY MURDOCH

You just ruined any plans I had for the weekend! I have been exploring your fantastic new site for the last 4 hours and haven't even scratched the surface.  KERRY GRIGSBY

I'm not a designer, but a marketing/business development guy who appreciates, and aspires to integrate great design and ideas into my business. Top notch information. I've already pulled a couple of ideas for new promotions, forwarded an article to our designer, and shared your site with my partner.  KEVIN DYKES

I just viewed your Step-by-step logo page. After reading pages and pages of esoteric tips and concepts I came across your page. It is brilliant and simple which makes it easy to understand and remember.  BJ KITCHIN

Just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your website. I visit it often, to gain a better understanding of design and layout.  JEFF WILLIAMSON

You have a gold-mine of a site with Jumpola! I have never seen a collection of more relevant resources & topics for the design field.  JEREMY WHITE

Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions you'd like to share...

About THE DESKTOP PUBLISHER'S IDEABOOK

I'd say it is mandatory reading for anyone who takes their marketing seriously and wants to unleash the creativity that exists with them.  JAY CONRAD LEVINSON, Author, Guerrilla Marketing

Chuck Green has made an extremely difficult subject as simple as it's going to get!  JOHN McWADE, Publisher, Before & After Magazine

This book has it all--great designs and complete instructions on how to recreate them. You can't find a better designer/teacher than Chuck Green.  DANIEL WILL-HARRIS, Publisher, EsperFonto at www.will-harris.com

Chuck Green is the master! If you thought desktop publishing meant boring, think again.  SETH GODIN, Author, Permission Marketing

If you're getting bored producing the same old promotions and publications, this book is a great idea generator. And it explains projects and techniques in a way that makes readers say, "I can do that!"  CATHARINE FISHEL, Author, How To Grow As A Graphic Designer

About the NEW IDEABOOKS and TEMPLATES

These files provide the framework you need to succeed.  ROGER C. PARKER, Author, Looking Good in Print

Chuck's books on graphic design are THE best. Now he is making his designs available to readers in template format...All I have to say is "Wow!"  LEE SILBER, Author, Organizing From The Right Side Of The Brain: Creative Ways To Get Organized

Just wanted you to know how much I appreciate your design templates...Not only has it given me ideas, but it helped me do a quick-and-dirty job on a note card for a client last week. I didn't have to think about the margins or layout, just drop in the content!  BETTY MORGAN

Although I obviously haven’t had a chance to digest it all, (The InDesign Ideabook) looks like it contains just as much creative energy as your website... You have excellent ideas and I can appreciate the energy that goes into coming up with clean, unique and (especially) original design concepts. LUCAS MEYERS

As an owner of several of your books, I find your work great to use, informative and well priced.  KERIN BADE

Just wanted to thank you for the wonderful book and CD for InDesign! I've had it two days at work and already used four layouts.  OLOV NYLANDER

I really love the QuarkXPress Ideabook and template CD! I've already used four templates since I got it. I'm certain that projects I've chosen are going to help with increasing our sales and retaining customers. Thanks again.  TOM SYBERT, manufacturer of electronic components, Harwood Heights, Illinois

Templates are a great springboard.  SR, Dickson, Texas

Great product to help get the "creative juices" flowing when you're in a crunch!  TG, West Palm Beach, Florida

This has been such a time-saver for me.  DR, Lancaster, New Hampshire

I love these templates. As a new learner they have inspired me to be creative.  SR, Salem, Oregon

An outstanding resource for small business owners. More than just templates for designing pretty documents, these templates can be integrated into an overall "guerrilla" marketing plan.  RK, Salt Lake City, Utah

Thanks in advance for any insights or suggestions you'd like to share...