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Disclosure
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…”
Hugh Howey Aug 6, 2019 ▶ 1:25:12 #63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game
Disclosure
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.”
Hugh Howey Aug 6, 2019 ▶ 1:09:55 #63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game
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