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180 Publishers quotes by 158 unique authors

My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. — A. N. Wilson
Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing. — Laurence J. Peter
I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever heard of. Their refusals… — George Bernard Shaw
Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly… — Hunter S. Thompson
I think it's a shame that something as creative and vital to the nature of the human species as story-telling is largely controlled by the… — Piers Anthony
Poets are never allowed to be mediocre by the gods, by men or by publishers. — Horace
We knew when we started the Daily Muse, we wanted a recruiting-focused business model rather than an advertising-focused one. We felt like publishers were being… — Kathryn Minshew
Kickstarter eliminates the risk that publishers and booksellers face. They have limited resources and limited shelf space, and Kickstarter is proof to them that something… — Seth Godin
Bookstores will not disappear but will exploit digital technologies to increase their virtual and physical inventories, and perhaps become publishers themselves. — Jason Epstein
Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three. — Heather Brooke
There are a lot of global decisions that you can make as a co-publisher, and only publishers can make those kind of decisions. At the… — Jim Lee
The digital revolution has wrest a little control away from corporate publishers and white, male, middle-aged critics, but the financial value put on the job… — Sara Sheridan
Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones. — Richard Dawkins
My first two books did nada. I ended up paying the publishers. — Mario Benedetti
Ebooks represent a shift from a culture of scarcity to a culture of abundance. In the past, publishing required a great deal of time and… — David Gerrold
As large publishers turn into monopolies, and the MBAs who are running them - maybe editors used to run them before - are steadily tightening… — William T. Vollmann
I think it is serious to have good sales. As I learned belatedly, the more you sell, the more publishers pay attention to you, and… — Cynthia Ozick
In a day when broadcasters and publishers have rather free access into our homes, we must seek clean, uplifting entertainment, whether on television, videos, movies,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second week,… — Caroline Leavitt
Publishers are born connectors; they bring like-minded people together. They are also conversationalists of the first order. They foster the interaction between the three key… — John Battelle
As publishers focus on blockbusters, they steadily lose interest in little-known authors from other countries. — Stephen Kinzer
No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors. — Robert Gottlieb
I believe that all brands will become storytellers, editors and publishers, all stores will become magazines, and all media companies will become stores. There will… — Natalie Massenet
I see publishers bemoaning their fate and saying that this is the end of publishing. No! Publishers will recreate themselves. Some of that comes from… — Tim O'Reilly
Publishers are looking for blockbusters - all the world loves a megaseller. — John Updike

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