Hugh Howey
12 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 6, 2019 by Hugh Howey · across every show →
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Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019 positive
Howey negotiated a fixed-term rights reversion contract with Simon & Schuster
“One of the things we did, we set up like the book reverts on this date and we were able to say no to every other offer. And meanwhile, we're selling lots of copies and making lots of money and publishers are being left out. So eventually publishers are like, o…”
Aug 6, 2019 positive
Aug 6, 2019 bearish
Aug 6, 2019
Howey: Ambient Noise Allows Writing Flow, but Direct Interruptions Break Visualization
“I write better with zero distractions. I can write with like background noise. I could sit in a cafe with a lot of clatter and chatter and write really well. And I can write in pitch black with absolute silence. But if I'm in the middle of writing and someone …”
Aug 6, 2019 positive
Aug 6, 2019
Howey earned $1M independently before publishers offered a seven-figure advance for 'Wool'
“By the time we got six figure offers. I was making six figures a month just on the ebook sales. And by the time a publisher finally made a seven figure offer and offered over a million dollars for the series, I'd already made a million dollars of my own.”
Aug 6, 2019 bullish
Howey: Autonomous vehicle winner will be defined by safety reputation
“The potential is for self-driving cars to be vastly safer. And I think we will achieve that potential and whoever has a reputation The way, you know, Saab used to have a reputation for building, you know, these tanks that you could, like the other person in th…”
Aug 6, 2019 negative
Howey: Authors should stop obsessively tracking real-time sales dashboards
“The, it's a trap you fall into early on self-publishing, like watching every sale and tracking your weekly and daily and monthly streams. But then I found if the stream goes up a little bit, You feel it puts you in a good mood, but it doesn't last. If the sale…”
Aug 6, 2019
Aug 6, 2019 positive
Aug 6, 2019 positive
Howey: Free first installments prevent bad reviews and funnel paid readers
“I would rather someone read something for free because if they don't like it, they don't feel like they're not likely to write a bad review because what can they say? Like, I'm, I feel ripped off. Like I didn't pay anything. I didn't enjoy this. And so there's…”