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Self publishing sensation attracts Ridley Scott

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Orla Barry
14:15 Tuesday 5 March 2013

A word of mouth novel that sold a quarter of a million copies and made it to the best seller’s list has been snapped up by Director Ridley Scott.

When Hugh Howey first set out to write Wool, he imagined it as a short novel read by a small number of his online fans.

As the fans demanded more, and the numbers increased, Howey’s short novel became a full length book.

Sales of the self published work mainly by  word of mouth drove it up The New York Times bestseller’s list.

Now Filmmaker Ridley Scott has bought the film rights and the story is being adapted for the screen.

Hugh Howey’s success is being compared to that of another online self-published author EL James.

Hugh Howey joined Orla Barry on The Green Room:

   

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