Calling All Fans!
If you are a fan of The Gatekeeper’s Saga, would you consider taking a moment to nominate me for The Best YA Author of 2014 for IndieRe Con’s Howey Awards?
Just click here and select “submit entry.” Then put my name in the the box labeled “title,” and put a little description of why you want to nominate me below that. You can even copy and paste this, if you’d like:
Eva Pohler is the author of the young adult series, The Gatekeeper’s Saga. It’s one of my favorites of all time!
Then just fill out your name and email address, and voila…I’m nominated (and beholden to you for all eternity!!).
A bit about the Howeys (This is taken directly from the IndieRe Con website)…
Hugh Howey is an American author, known for his popular series Wool, which he independently published through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing system. Howey was raised in Monroe, North Carolina and prior to publishing his books, he worked as a yacht captain, roofer, and audio technician.
He began the series in 2011, initially writing Wool as a stand-alone short story. His first book was initially published with a small press. After that, he decided to publish through KDP, because of the freedom of self-publishing. After the series grew in popularity, he began to write more entries for it. Howey began soliciting international rights in 2012, including signing a deal for Brazil. Film rights to the series were sold to 20th Century Fox, with Lionsgate also expressing interest.
In 2012, Howey signed a deal with Simon and Schuster to distribute Wool to book retailers across the US and Canada. The deal allowed Howey to continue to sell the book online exclusively. He notably turned down seven figure offers in favor of a mid-six figure sum, in return for maintaining e-book rights.
Hugh represents everything we value in self-publishing. An author who comes from relative obscurity, to write what he wants, publish the way he wants, and find success because of his talent, ingenuity, hard work and dedication. That’s what we’re all striving for, and that’s what we, at IndieReCon want for all of you.
