Quote by Arthur Scott Bailey

“By 1857 there were at least 112 publishers in New York City. While most were “respectable” houses, emphasizing genteel, religious, and domestic literature, others…

— Mike Wallace

There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and…

— Dan DeCarlo

“Publishing, I learn later, is a little like the garment industry: You have to be geographically well placed, in New York, for schmoozing convenience.”

— Daniel Menaker

“For publishers are not just employers and financial risk-takers: they are also cultural mediators and arbitrators of quality and taste.”

— John B. Thompson

Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.

— Anne Bernays

“Books have a publishing standard, and every Indie Author is responsible to their readers in making sure those standards are met or exceeded.”

— Eeva Lancaster

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

— Cord Jefferson

Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.

— Simon Sinek

“Authors today need a publisher as much as they need a tapeworm in their guts.”

— Rayne Hall

“And if publishers are too skittish to bite—sell it as goddamn fiction. Make yourself the author and change the names if necessary. Do whatever…

— Joshua V. Scher

All publishers are Columbuses. The successful author is their America. The reflection that they-like Columbus-didn't discover what they expected to discover, and didn't discover…

— Mark Twain

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker