"The dispiriting feeling that...the entire industry is stacked against the author." Douglas Wight isn't the first to respond by creating an imprint of his own, of course. Indie bestseller Barbara Freethy self-publishes as Fog City Publishing, which has a trade imprint for bookstores, Hyde Street... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cornerstone's Jack Fogg is joining HarperCollins in the newly-created role of publishing director for fiction and non-fiction. Fogg is currently editorial director at Cornerstone imprint Century, where he has worked with authors including Rod Stewart, James Corden, Tim Vine and Hugh Howey. He... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW talked with a few authors whose published books originated in NaNoWriMo. Here's what it takes to succeed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
PW spoke to 'Wool' author Hugh Howey, who has been an outspoken advocate for Amazon, about the ongoing stalemate between the e-tailer and Hachette. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hugh Howey says his study, based on calculation of Amazon sales, shows 'real progress' for authors who have chosen to go it aloneA new report claims that self-published authors have surged to 31% of ebook sales on Amazon.com, and are now earning more ebook royalties than writers published by the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s Jet City Comics imprint is serializing the comics adaptation of sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s 'Wool' simultaneously on Comixology and Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors Nicholas Carr and Hugh Howey, among others, debated the impact of technology on publishing and culture at BookExpo America 2014. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
With a debate brewing about how much indie authors can, and do, earn, PW asked Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, to weigh in. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hugh Howey has not quite broken out in the way recent self-publishing superstars like Amanda Hocking and John Locke have, but his sales record has made New York publishing houses take notice. Best known among his avid fan base for Wool, his five-part science fiction series, Howey estimates that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]