I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director,… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Publishers give you deadlines for those last phases of production that are perfectly comfortable for them. So, to whatever extent I can,… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, hateful as saying 'No' always is to an imaginative person, and certain as the offence may be that it will cause… — Vera Brittain Copy Share Image
Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller. — John Updike Copy Share Image
Chapter books are often written in series and kids have come to expect that they'll come out once a year, so publishers… — Carson Ellis Copy Share Image
Although I still write, research and investigate, my role is primarily that of a publisher and editor-in-chief who organises and directs other… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
We were to found a University magazine. A pair of little, active brothers-Livingstone by name, great skippers on the foot, great rubbers… — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
I was interested in creating things that I could be proud of and so, you know, I was interested in being an… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Once publishers got interested in it, it was a year in developing, and it was launched, I think, in 1960. But Willie… — Dan DeCarlo Copy Share Image
When I joined Time Inc., one of the things that was important to me was ensuring that our content is where consumers… — Laura Lang Copy Share Image
Is rule of thumb in writing game: if story requires many long descriptions of smells so vile that will give reader nausea,… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“All my life, used the best lotions, finest soaps, nicest oils, and fanciest perfumes to keep my skin nice, only to find… — Liz Faublas-Wallace Copy Share Image
There's always tons of crap music people are trying to sell us - [it's] the same way with publishers and galleries. — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work… — Judith Guest Copy Share Image
I guess I'm what you call a slush-piler. I just sent my manuscripts to the slush pile of publishers and hoped for… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I have female friends that get mails from publishers that read 'Hey. I heard you write about sex. This is a very… — Martinus Hendrikus Benders Copy Share Image
I suppose there must be idiots who dream of signing deals with publishers while fully intending to drink martinis in cool bars… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
Writers tend to consider distinction and originality as virtues, but they are anathema to publishers. — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
Post-publication I have been surprised at the limited resources publishers have to promote books. I certainly knew that being a new author,… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
“People don't know they want to become an author until they meet me.” — Lucas J. Robak Copy Share Image
