Agents Quote by Alexander Theroux

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems…

— Thomas Wolfe

Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books…

— Olivia Goldsmith

As a writer you know you don't have to deal with a lot of the crap that most people deal with, the political things.…

— Robert Greene

I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing…

— Natalie Goldberg

What makes a publisher decide to market a book to a particular audience is not the subject matter but the style.

— Russell Smith

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

Contrary to popular belief, editors and agents are gagging for good books.

— Meg Rosoff

Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant.

— Margaret Atwood

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I…

— Gabrielle Zevin

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.

— Dan Brown