Wool
3 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 6, 2019 by Hugh Howey · said 12 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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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
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 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…”