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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 9 - Hugh Howey: Is Self-Publishing the Next Gold Rush?

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2014

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

This week, Hugh Howey, author of the New York Times bestseller Wool, joins The James Altucher Show.If you have ever wanted to write a book or any piece of literature... this is the show for you.Hugh explains how self-publishing is breaking down the walls to the literary world. This is creating more genres that people actually want to read rather than what general publishers assume the public wants to read.You'll hear him break down his creative process and the steps that he took to self-publish his books.Just by cutting out a few activities a day made it possible for him to accomplish his writing goals.It will prove that you are the only one standing in the way of your success.Taking a day off will only snowball... you have to stick with it.You have to "Choose Yourself!" ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This is James Althoucher at the James Althoucher Show, and I have a very special guest today.

0:17.6

But first, welcome to my co-host, Aaron Brabham, Aaron, how's it going?

0:21.8

Man, I'm doing great, James.

0:23.4

It's another beautiful sunny day in Orlando, although it's a bit chilly, only high of 63

0:29.4

today.

0:30.4

Don't make me jealous, you know it's negative three degrees here in New York, so I didn't

0:37.4

even know that.

0:38.4

You're just rubbing it in.

0:39.4

I know.

0:40.4

I know.

0:41.4

So James, look, for all of your guests, I always know the name in the very least, if not

0:46.8

I'm very familiar with their work, but today I was unfamiliar with your guest's name.

0:53.2

So I had to do a little research, but I want you to tell your listeners who the guest is

0:57.9

and why you decided to have them on your show.

1:00.7

Sure.

1:01.7

First off, his name is Hugh Howey.

1:03.7

He's the best-selling author of the Wolf series, this is a science fiction series, and

1:09.3

there's something very unique about this series in that it was self-published.

1:13.7

He had no published report.

1:15.2

He just basically uploaded his files to Amazon, published the book, as he explains in the

1:21.4

interview, well, you'll see it was his ninth book that he had self-published, and the

1:25.7

book just took off and became this massive bestseller.

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