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Even if 80 percent of the population of a country are Christian believers, they will have almost no cultural influence if the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
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Perceval Press a publishing house I founded in 2002 and it's still going strong. Strong for us means not so many books… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
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I've approached a couple of publishing houses about getting my work in print one day. I'd like to concentrate on sci-fi or… — Brook Lopez Copy Share Image
I had to do the academic writing. At a top research university, publishing of a certain kind is very important. So your… — Shirley Geok-lin Lim Copy Share Image
In some ways, getting published in children's literature is a little more open than publishing adult literature. It's less hinged on who… — Marie Rutkoski Copy Share Image
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I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
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One of the biggest costs in the whole scientific publishing world is borne by the academic community, which is the peer review. — Mark Walport Copy Share Image
I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a… — John Lescroart Copy Share Image
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Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their… — Vantile Whitfield Copy Share Image
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