I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I… — Trip Hawkins Copy Share Image
Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.' — Nathan Myhrvold Copy Share Image
“The grossest offenders are in the field of, in connection with, in order to, in respect of, so far as… is concerned.… — Harold Evans Copy Share Image
Trade book publishing is by nature a cottage industry, decentralized, improvisational, personal; best performed by small groups of like-minded people, devoted to… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes Copy Share Image
Book publishing was never a heaven "run by editors", and it is by no means today a hell "run by accountants." If… — Patrick Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
Now, almost twenty years since my last job in book publishing, I know that there are far more socially inept people in… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
Many writers hate the shilling process, and I understand that. However, it's really the only thing about the publication process you can… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
I had a lot of space as a kid. My mother worked with human rights for the government, and my dad had… — Yung Lean Copy Share Image
“Book publishing is a passion that one hopes eventually becomes a good paying job.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Google helps us sort the Internet by providing a sense of hierarchy to information. Facebook uses its algorithms and its intricate understanding… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
It really gets me when the critics say I haven't done enough for the economy. I mean, look what I've done for… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
If I had followed my own rules - if I had eaten my own dog food - I would have created a… — Jeff Jarvis Copy Share Image
Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc. — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship. — Bennett Cerf Copy Share Image
... people in the newspaper industry saw the web as a newspaper. People in TV saw the web as TV, and people… — Paul Ford Copy Share Image
“It began to falter not when the book publishers who loved books gave way to those who preferred profits to reading. It… — Al Silverman Copy Share Image
“In TIME June 7, 2010 On the sustainability of the publishing industry, in the Chicago Tribune: "I think that book publishing is… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
“Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
