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The publishers and others should quit worrying about losing customers to TV. The guy who can sit through a trio of deodorant… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
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Comics publishers are used to looking in a very, very narrow focused prism. It's like when I started writing 'X-Men.' Our 'meat… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
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Traditional publishers will be dominant, and they should be because they really do assure quality. But eBooks, which are huge already, are… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
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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
Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
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I actually produced other people's vocals for a long time when I first signed my publishing deal and I had just sort… — Solange Knowles Copy Share Image
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