{"id":650027,"date":"2013-04-02T07:30:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T11:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=226870"},"modified":"2013-04-02T07:30:15","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T11:30:15","slug":"podcast-how-hugh-howeys-wool-became-a-self-published-smash-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/650027","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: How Hugh Howey\u2019s Wool became a self-published smash hit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hugh Howey\u2019s self-published sci-fi thriller,\u00a0<em>Wool<\/em>, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies as an ebook. Last fall, Howey signed a seven-figure, print-only deal with traditional publisher Simon &#38; Schuster, and Fox and Ridley Scott have acquired the film rights.<\/p>\n<p>Our upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/paidcontent\/?utm_source=media&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=626223+podcast-how-hugh-howeys-wool-became-a-self-published-smash-hit&#038;%2338;utm_content=laurahowen38\">paidContent Live conference<\/a>\u00a0will highlight the changes in the book publishing business, and Howey exemplifies many of these trends. In this podcast, the <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/26\/podcast-how-indie-game-stayed-indie-and-became-a-hit\/\">second in a series<\/a> featuring digital media creators who are successfully building their own independent empires, we talk to him about his success and what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/event.gigaom.com\/paidcontent\/?utm_source=media&#38;utm_medium=editorial&#038;%2338;utm_campaign=intext&#038;%2338;utm_term=626223+podcast-how-hugh-howeys-wool-became-a-self-published-smash-hit&#038;%2338;utm_content=laurahowen38\">paidContent Live<\/a> takes place in New York on April 17.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2272053\/height\/88\/width\/300\/theme\/legacy\/direction\/no\/autoplay\/no\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/yes\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/\" height=\"88\" width=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/gigaom\/WOOL.mp3\">Download this episode<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.libsyn.com\/rss\">Subscribe to the Podcast RSS feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/gigaom-commutist\/id560531494\">iTunes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/\">Stitcher Radio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SELECT PREVIOUS EPISODES:<\/strong><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/04\/01\/podcast-why-the-digital-age-needs-an-effective-content-licensing-strategy\/\">Why the digital age needs an effective content licensing strategy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/29\/podcast-t-mos-no-plan-summlyahoo-and-everyones-a-paparazzi\/\">T-Mo\u2019s no plan, SummlYahoo and everyone\u2019s a paparazzi<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/28\/iot-podcast-why-the-hue-internet-light-bulb-is-a-bright-idea\/\">IoT: Why the Hue internet lightbulb is a bright idea<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/27\/call-in-podcast-t-mobile-iphone-and-the-best-android-keyboard\/\">Call in podcast: T-Mobile iPhone and the best Android keyboard<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/21\/how-ibm-uses-chaos-theory-data-and-the-internet-of-things-to-fix-traffic\/\">Podcast: How IBM uses chaos theory, data and the internet of things to fix traffic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/26\/podcast-how-indie-game-stayed-indie-and-became-a-hit\/\">Podcast: How Indie Game stayed \u201cindie\u201d and became a hit<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/27\/call-in-podcast-t-mobile-iphone-and-the-best-android-keyboard\/\">Call in podcast: T-Mobile iPhone and the best Android keyboard<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/14\/podcast-samsung-galaxy-s-4-blasts-off-and-rip-google-reader\/\">Samsung Galaxy S 4 blasts off, RIP Google Reader<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/14\/electric-imp-aims-to-make-the-internet-of-things-devilishly-simple\/\">Electric Imp aims to make the Internet of Things devilishly simple<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/13\/call-in-podcast-galaxy-s-4-predictions-and-chromebook-pixel-cloud-storage\/\">Call-In: Galaxy S 4 predictions, Chromebook Pixel cloud storage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2013\/03\/08\/podcast-facebooks-feedin-lean-ins-meanin-and-everyones-hadoop-in\/\">Podcast: Facebook\u2019s feedin\u2019;\u00a0<em>Lean In\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0meanin\u2019; 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Last fall, Howey signed a seven-figure, print-only deal with traditional publisher Simon &#38; Schuster, and Fox and Ridley Scott have acquired the film rights. Our upcoming\u00a0paidContent Live conference\u00a0will highlight the changes in the book publishing business, and Howey exemplifies many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7418,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-650027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}