Hugh Howey

The May 2015 Author Earnings Report, Hugh Howey and team‘s “sixth quarterly look at Amazon’s ebook sales,” has just hit the web, and I’m going to precis some of its most important conclusions, while recommending that any writer in particular digest the whole thing. And as in the past, this carries the caveat that it […]

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Do you enjoy post-apocalyptic books, like Wool by Hugh Howey? Or Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazney? How about a bundle which includes audiobooks, comics and a game? Humble Bundle has outdone themselves with their latest offering. There’s something for everyone, with both classic sci-fi works and more recent ones. Comics and even a couple of […]

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Dark Horse Bids Farewell to Star Wars (GoodeReader) In early 2015 the rights to the Star Wars comic book series will be transferred to Disney, and they will publish the comics in-house. *** eReader and Screen Tech Pioneer IRX Goes Bankrupt, is Dissolved (The Digital Reader) As 2014 draws to a close so does the […]

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What could change just about every aspect of the current disputes about digital disruption in the book trade? The revelation that the key traditional businesses are not being disrupted at all, right? Well, that may be overstating the case, but not too far – at least according to Hugh Howey. Under the headline “Two Important […]

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Wow, this is pretty big. For quite some time, indie publishing bloggers such as Hugh Howey, Joe Konrath, and David Gaughran have been complaining about the slanted nature of the New York Times’s coverage of the Amazon/Hachette squabble. Now New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan has taken a look at the Times’s coverage and […]

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I first saw a post by Hugh Howey discussing the potential cost versus befits of going exclusive with Amazon a few days ago. I was thinking of saying something about it, but it kind of takes on added significance with the news about Barnes & Noble removing the “Download” button from its e-book library. Howey’s […]

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