Win a FREE copy of Final Draft
Written by Derek Ruth Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 2:47 PM
In honor of our launch, and reward to our early supporters, we will be giving away a certificate good for one copy of any Final Draft product to a lucky TSL follower.
On April 30th, if our combined Facebook friends and Twitter followers is over 10,000 people, we will do a live UStream drawing from the list of follwers. (hint: if you sign up for both, you double your chances) There is no expiration on the certificate, so use it now or wait for the next version.
Tell your friends, tell your enemies, tell your neighbor.
Good Luck, and check back here for updates.
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