Hugh’s strategy for connecting with readers: You’re looking at selling five times as many books to break even, and I wasn’t convinced that any publisher could guarantee that.” (3:23) “My feeling was that they were offering what they thought was competitive… Amazon, Barnes and Noble, KOBO, these outlets-they pay authors 70% royalties. It was Simon and Schuster who stepped up to the plate and offered a landmark deal…” (2:22) “…and so I kept saying no to offers, and we kept telling publishers what we were looking for. Hugh shares his uncanny insight and real-world experience with this process, from rewriting drafts to strategies of self-promotion, and describes the story of how he came out on top of a “hybrid” publishing deal. We talk with Hugh about the future of self-publishing, the changing publishing landscape, and the ongoing debate over whether or not self-publishing is the right choice for every author. The Wool Omnibus will be published by Random House UK this fall, and film rights have been optioned by Ridley Scott. The Wool Omnibus won Kindle Book Review's 2012 Indie Book of the Year Award, peaking at #1 in the Kindle Store, and 17 countries have picked up the work for translation. Hugh Howey is the author of the award-winning Molly Fyde Saga and the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Wool series. Maybe that could change in the future, but that’s just the reality right now.” “My dream has been to write for a living, and self-publishing makes that more possible for more people than the traditional system.
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