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Worldly Wool!

Next month, I’ll be heading to Frankfurt for the book fair, where I’ll have the privilege of meeting many of my foreign publishers. We just agreed to a deal in Indonesia yesterday, which put the foreign contracts at 30, and the foreign territories a shade over (counting Australia, New Zealand, and the UK separately). Pretty crazy journey for a novelette that I thought no one would ever read.

While I’m overseas, I’ll also be hopping around a bit for various book launches. France, Spain, Italy, Finland, and the Netherlands are all on the docket. I haven’t been to this many countries on one trip since my parents took me to Epcot Center. To celebrate, I thought I’d share some of the cover art we’ve received from publishers thus far.

Portugal
Portugal, PRESENCA - O Silo 300
Finland
Finland, KARISTO - siilo 300

Germany
German 300
Greece
Greece, ANUBIS - Wool 300
France
French 300
Poland
Poland, PAPIEROWY KSIEZYC - Silos 300
Israel
Israel 300
Italy
Italy, RCS LIBRI - Wool 300
Hungary
Hungary, KONYVMOLYKEPZO - silo volume 1 300
Spain
Spain, PLANETA - Espejismo-01 300
Croatia
Croatia 300

34 responses to “Worldly Wool!”

  1. Kathy Czarnecki Avatar
    Kathy Czarnecki

    Oh no, how do I get any of these? I want a collage poster. Awesome artwork

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  2. Brian Tresp Avatar
    Brian Tresp

    Nice. Love the Croatia cover. But what’s up with Spain? Scuba diving in a storm?

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    1. David Gatewood Avatar
      David Gatewood

      Apparently the Spanish translation involved a significant rewrite!

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  3. Will Swardstrom Avatar
    Will Swardstrom

    Cool!
    I really like Croatia’s and Poland’s — of course Germany’s is pretty great, but I think I’d seen that one before. That would be pretty great to have a bookshelf full of different WOOL editions.

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  4. Robin Ingle Avatar
    Robin Ingle

    Wow, Hugh, these are STUNNING covers!

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  5. Eszter Avatar
    Eszter

    I still don’t like the Hungarian version. Almost all the others are great though. It’s nice to see them.

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  6. Dave Avatar
    Dave

    I sense the need for an artwork/cover book “World of Wool: An Art Collectioin”.

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  7. David Gatewood Avatar
    David Gatewood

    Wow. Wow wow wow. Wow. These are gorgeous. And I love the variety of artistic interpretations. So cool.

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  8. Rob Bowden Avatar
    Rob Bowden

    I actually liked the Hungarian version, but just my opinion. Many of the others were very interesting too.

    Thanks for sharing them. I’d have never stumbled upon them otherwise, and they were very cool to see.

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  9. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    I like the German (and Israeli–what a curious combo) versions. The Polish artwork looks like a Sci-fi cover out of the 1960s, not that there’s anything wrong with that.

    Is the Italian tagline based on something used in the U.S.? I’m too much of a space shot to remember. “Outside, the air is lethal. Inside, the rules kill.”

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  10. Liana Mir Avatar
    Liana Mir

    :makes grabby hands at Hungarian: Croatia’s is awesome too. Now, I just need to learn Hungarian so I can have a good reason for having THAT cover.

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  11. Ruby Avatar
    Ruby

    I have the German one. Dear lord, it looks like I have my work cut out for me. Thanks for sending this primer, so I can get started.

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  12. Patrice Fitzgerald Avatar
    Patrice Fitzgerald

    I like them all, but Portugal, Poland, and Hungary stand out. And Spain’s is beautiful… but all that gorgeous aquamarine water…? Maybe they got confused and did a cover for W.J. Davies’ “The Runner,” by mistake!

    How very amazing this must be to know that your words are going around the world.

    I have a friend in Amsterdam. I’ll send him to your appearance there…

    Congratulations on everything!

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  13. Yoshiko Avatar
    Yoshiko

    Awesome covers! Thank you for sharing them. It’s so fascinating to see how different countries/publishers focus and extract an image from the same book for their respective markets.

    While “Wool Omnibus” is still my favorite, I like the German cover best among the above. I’d love to see more from other countries.

    Have a great trip!

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  14. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    You know, Kindle should let you test different covers. It could really boost sales.

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  15. TheWhistler Avatar
    TheWhistler

    Love all the covers. You must be thrilled. Funny old world, we all react to different images.

    Still, where is the Canadian cover? Not to mention the visit to Canada!

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  16. D.L. Shutter Avatar
    D.L. Shutter

    Hugh

    While we’re talking about Wool covers I have a question. Maybe I missed a post somewhere but when S&S did the print deal they took over design of the new covers. How is it you can use them for your own digital versions which you retained rights to? Obviously it makes sense, consistent branding image, marketing, etc…but aren’t the new covers kinda sorta S&S property?

    Been wondering how that was worked out.

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    1. Hugh C. Howey Avatar
      Hugh C. Howey

      Heh. The awesome cover art on Wool, Shift, and Dust came from Random House UK! Jason Smith designed them. Random House was kind enough to allow S&S to use them. And they were kind enough to let me use them.

      Random House UK has been the bomb. They understand that anything I do that is good for the books is good for them. Having me promote my works with their covers works out great.

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  17. Jane Morris Coons Avatar
    Jane Morris Coons

    LOVE, love, love the Hungary cover!

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  18. Tony James Slater Avatar
    Tony James Slater

    Hm. Anyone else think some of those titles include spoilers? I’m looking at you, Poland and Croatia… :0)

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  19. David Cantrell Avatar
    David Cantrell

    I’m surprised they didn’t transliterate your name on the Greek one.

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  20. Steve Avatar
    Steve

    I really liked those posters at the One Watertown, One Book event. But I didn’t read them closely. What were they? Do those images appear somewhere else or were they just for the event?

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  21. Vasso Avatar
    Vasso

    I have read SILO (WOOL) the Greek version!! It is awesome! Possibly the best book I have ever read! All covers are excellent, but the Greek and the Hungarian ones caught my eye!

    I am impatiently waiting for the sequels to be translated!! :)

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    1. Hugh C. Howey Avatar
      Hugh C. Howey

      How cool! Great to hear that the translation is likely even better than the original! :)

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  22. D.L. Shutter Avatar
    D.L. Shutter

    “Random House was kind enough to allow S&S to use them. And they were kind enough to let me use them.”

    Wow! Everyone getting along and spreading love in the pub world. Why do I get the feeling that doesn’t happens everyday

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  23. Torben Avatar
    Torben

    Frankfurt… yeah. just 120km from me! If everything is normal i will be there! I will wear the Wool Shirt, the Howey basecap, the Molly-Fyde scarf, the IZombie shoes AND the silo underpants (for the big rocket muahahahaaaa).

    Welcome to Germany Hugh!

    And yes, also in my opinion the Hungarian cover is the best. Second is the polish, third place Spain and Italy. German cover as usual nearly worst one… Thanks for sharing the pics!

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  24. Ronald Avatar
    Ronald

    Sweet covers, love the third from the bottom. Which country is that?

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  25. RJ Sutter Avatar
    RJ Sutter

    Personally I liked Croatia’s the best.I noticed a lot of them use the title silo rather than wool. Was that your choice Hugh? Or was that all the publishers choice?Cuz I actually think silo is a better title. Tho I bought wool because of the title. I thought it was about a serial killer or something like that.lol. glad I was way off Cuz I loved book. And damn glad I Gave it chance.

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  26. Kendra Avatar
    Kendra

    Im thinking Finland is my favorite！Amazing series so glad its getting international recognition :)

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  27. Peter Winther Avatar
    Peter Winther

    Lovely covers!! My vote is on the german/israeli cover.
    Incidentally, why is the number 144 on the israeli cover??

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  30. Gokhan Avatar
    Gokhan

    Turkish edition has been released this month and here’s the cover art –> http://i.imgur.com/bMXvPL5.jpg

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  31. Nina Avatar
    Nina

    Hey! Are those the only languages in which Wool has been published thus far?

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