Terminally Unique PublishingLogo Design Contest

Love the image made by the three letters-- it even looks a bit like an opened book. Deciding between the grayscale image and the subtle colors or my first choice will be tough. The colored design is probably more practical, as the design will be on products that may have light backgrounds-- although I could the entire logo, including the black background, could be placed upon pretty much anything. Thank you for your efforts!

I moved #1 lower after a friend asked me if it was a 'patriotic company', the logo being 'red, white and blue'. Nothing against patriotism, but I don' want to mislead people with those colors. I like the fonts of #3 and #1 (and 8 and 11) more than the other fonts-- could I see the font of #3 with the shape and color of #4, and #1 in the colors of #4?

I don't like the colors of #7 either-- I don't like orange or brown at all. I really like #8; I'm not certain if people will 'see' the book, but I really like it. I like #11 but the symbol seems too dense or small.

Thanks!

Maybe someone can tell me-- why do designers pull designs that are still unsorted, or that are in the ranked list? Several times I have seen designs that I like, and that (truly) might end up finishing first-- and suddenly they are withdrawn! I don't understand the logic--

#41 and #42-- I have to give some thought-- they look like a hand drill, or a pregnant person... since the literature is largely medical, addiction, or psychiatry, is there a way to make them more like a syringe without appearing disgusting?

as for the designs by artgraph, I like the designs, but I prefer the words all weighted equally. I don't want 'terminally' to stand out-- 'terminally unique' would be OK, but I prefer all three words to have equal weight.

"Maybe someone can tell me-- why do designers pull designs that are still unsorted, or that are in the ranked list? Several times I have seen designs that I like, and that (truly) might end up finishing first-- and suddenly they are withdrawn! I don't understand the logic--"

When designer is submitting the design he can see this message first: "Made sure that your entry is significantly different than existing ones." So, we can kindly ask other designer to withdraw entries if we feel that his entry is too similiar to existing one. If that doesn't work ther's an other option - Logo Court. That's protecion for our ideas.

Regards,
Sebastian