Publishing Quotes · Page 10

“People don't know they want to become an author until they meet me.”

— Lucas J. Robak

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines.

— Margaret Atwood

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to.

— Tim O'Reilly

“Book publishing is a passion that one hopes eventually becomes a good paying job.”

— Steven Magee

The publishing world has been very slow to adapt to the digital world.

— Caroline Calloway

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”

— Adrienne Thompson

Sometimes you are at the mercy of record companies or publishing companies.

— Belinda Carlisle

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want.

— Seth Godin

“Before Gutenberg, libraries were small -- the Cambridge University library had only 122 volumes in 1424, for instance; after Gutenberg literacy became widespread.”

— Larry Stone

Catholic fiction of the type we're publishing is stories that we know faithful Catholics will enjoy - stories they can escape with,…

— Regina Doman

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't…

— Anonymous

Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the…

— Trip Hawkins

Writing is rewriting. A writer must learn to deepen characters, trim writing, intensify scenes. To fall in love with the first draft…

— Richard North Patterson

Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren't. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish,…

— Amanda Hocking

I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in…

— Patti Davis

Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign…

— Maureen Corrigan

“Publishing content that is self-absorbed in substance or style alienates readers. Most successful organizations have realized this, yet many sites are still…

— Anonymous

The publishers, as I remember at the very beginning of my career, wrote letters with their fountain pens. A letter is different…

— James Salter

Undercover investigations threw back the curtain on the systemic exploitation of animals on factory farms. The response by agribusiness interests has been…

— Wayne Pacelle

There's a reason that so much good material is coming down to the small presses: it's difficult to turn a profit, all…

— Andrew Latimer

Traditional publishers will be dominant, and they should be because they really do assure quality. But eBooks, which are huge already, are…

— Steven Pressfield

When things are digital, they're all 1's and zero's, and so they commingle in ways we didn't anticipate and you could do…

— Nicholas Negroponte

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think a lot more people are able to take on a design challenge than ever before. And this was true 20…

— Khoi Vinh

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers.

— Joni Rodgers

“Writing is about you. Publishing is about the book. Marketing is about the reader.”

— Sean Platt

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction.

— Regina Doman

“Teams that spend a lot of time learning the tricks of the trade will probably never really learn the trade.”

— Yuri Boganov

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years.

— Mary Karr

“(The sweet spot for traditional publishing is between 80k and 100k, though Fantasy can go up to 120k.)”

— Rachel Aaron

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me.

— Dick Bruna

“You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good…

— Jayce O'Neal

I never worked directly in book publishing, but New York media is adjacent.

— Cord Jefferson

As soon as you start publishing, you are the star and so people see you that way.

— Jeffrey Walker

My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life.

— Kevin J. Anderson

At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

— Orhan Pamuk

The publishing industry is stuck somewhere in the Jurassic era.

— Vantile Whitfield

...if all people doing desktop publishing were doctors we would all be dead!

— Massimo Vignelli

“He was universally charming, as only a writer in pursuit of a publisher can be.”

— Stacy Schiff

Publishing at a young age is not really an indicator of talent.

— Laura van den Berg