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Can Hugh Howey teach us anything about book cover design?

Can Hugh Howey teach us anything about book cover design?

Today I saw that Hugh Howey had posted an article on book cover design. “That’s cool,” I think. Hugh Howey is one of the most successful self-publishing authors in the world. He started out with pretty unprofessional book covers that embody the design tastes of most indie authors (they focus on scenes and symbolism and The...

June 29, 2015 Derek Murphy hugh howey, self-publishing 129
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