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Vote for your favorite George Foster before and after book cover redesign!

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The latest issue of Brian Jud’s always-great Book Marketing Matters twice-a-month, 8-10 page, newsletter arrived today. I highly recommend subscribing to Brian’s newsletter: it contains helpful, actionable, advice and opinion from several sources. (Subscribe for free here).
The current issue contains a striking before and after book cover redesign by George Foster, shown at left.
Visiting George’s [...]