Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Most writers can write books faster than publishers can write checks. — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
People who cost too much: manager, lawyer, publicist, label, music publisher. — Roger McNamee Copy Share Image
Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy. — Anne Bernays Copy Share Image
When the inner child finds a guardian angel, publishers are in heaven. — Wendy Kaminer Copy Share Image
Brands need to take the phrase 'acting like a publisher literally. — Dietrich Mateschitz Copy Share Image
“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.” — George Ade Copy Share Image
We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And… — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes… — P. C. Cast Copy Share Image
We had tried to get a couple books that were written about Ray Kroc, and one of the books, we called the… — Jeremy Renner Copy Share Image
My agent and I put out my proposal one Thursday afternoon in August, 1998. Publishers started bidding immediately, and that process progressed… — Laura Hillenbrand Copy Share Image
For years, I've pushed the idea of a column compilation book mainly because it would be easy - I could just staple… — Michael Musto Copy Share Image
I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three. — Heather Brooke Copy Share Image
Ebooks represent a shift from a culture of scarcity to a culture of abundance. In the past, publishing required a great deal… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
Publishers, theatrical managers, and critics ask not for the quality inherent in creative art, but will it meet with a good sale,… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers… — Danielle Dutton Copy Share Image
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
A lot of times, when people send me books to read - new writers mostly - I find that the book is… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
I never go home and take out those business cards and go to those websites. But if there was a mini-comic here… — Adrian Tomine 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 was always interested in art at school, and after year twelve, senior year, I spent three years studying graphic design at… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
The war between authors and publishers has been a conflict of ages. On the one side, the publisher has been looked upon… — Mary Abigail Dodge 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
I was in a pharmacy and I saw the warnings on the backs of poisonous substances, and I thought, "Well, that's what… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Building an Effective Women's Ministry is a brand new book from Harvest House Publishers. Sharon Jaynes, vice president of Proverbs 31 Ministries,… — Brenda Poinsett Copy Share Image
To aspiring writers, I would tell them that we live in a wonderful time where you're able to make your work visible,… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
My agent came to me with a deal from another publisher and I signed a deal and got the advance with no… — Mark McNairy Copy Share Image
I had an idea for a medical conspiracy thriller. Since it was non-horror, I didn't want the publishers and editors bringing a… — F. Paul Wilson Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a showman's paradise. But showmen make nothing; they exploit what someone else has made. The publisher and the play producer… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
For any leftover inventory, publishers must have a program to maximize the sale of a book. — David Dunn Copy Share Image
Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers. — Jack Conte Copy Share Image
“People don't know they want to become an author until they meet me.” — Lucas J. Robak Copy Share Image
I believe the publisher is a member of the editorial board, and I think his vote would matter. — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
