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Howey: Tesla will not win the autonomous vehicle race
“It's always someone you don't expect. It's never the first mover. It won't be, you know, Tesla.”
Howey predicts self-driving robotaxis will reduce car ownership to 10%
“And car ownership is going to become a thing that only a minority of humans even own a car because of the way they'll even they'll never be parked really though because every car that can drive itself is a robot, basically, that can go earn money by running Ub…”
Howey: Amazon halves self-publishing royalties outside the $2.99 to $9.99 range
“They think eBooks should be between two 99 and nine 99. And if you price it there, they'll give you a 70%. If you price it below two 99, Hey, you're welcome to do that. But they're going to pay you 35%, which is half. If you price it over nine 99, again, your …”
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…”
Howey: Standard publisher book advances typically range from $15,000 to $25,000
“So the way it works is a publisher offers you a lump sum of money to get the lifetime rights in all the rights. They're going to get the Print rights, the digital, the audio, the foreign rights by offering you a typical advance might be like 15 to 25,000 dolla…”
Howey: Overhead and Marketing Drive Book Costs Far More Than Printing
“The, most of the cost is the overhead they have for their, you know, stupid building in, in Manhattan, which is the dumbest place To set up a publishing empire, but that's where they've decided to do it. And the editorial costs and the promotion and marketing …”