Being Quote by Caroline Calloway

Self-publishing provides more freedom and control, but it also provides more risk. Publishing provides more credibility and promotion, but your vision can also get…

— Mark Manson

Self-publishing is fine. But in a world of self-publishing, where everything is about what you get on the back end, there's a serious disincentive…

— Franklin Foer

“Whatever you may have heard, self-publishing is not a short cut to anything. Except maybe insanity. Self-publishing, like every other kind of publishing, is…

— Anonymous

Self-publishing has been a dubious challenge to traditional publishers, at best.

— Michelle Dean

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will…

— Barry Eisler

When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get…

— Caroline Leavitt

I hate self-publishing; it's a real drag and it takes up a lot of space.

— David Rees

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints…

— Alan Moore

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

— Adrienne Thompson

When I realized that I can invest in my own marketing and do exactly what I think needs to be done - well, then…

— Anna Todd

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and…

— Anonymous

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break…

— Jim C. Hines