Act Quote by Clay Shirky

Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word "publishing" means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty…

— Clay Shirky

But once you publish a book, doesn’t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldn’t we just write books and print…

— Jonathan Evison

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing.

— Jennifer Gilmore

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks

One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means…

— Graham Swift

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

Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the…

— Deborah Smith

If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.

— Lorrie Moore

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

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

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 publish, they…

— Anonymous

The public takes from a writer, or a writing, what it needs and lets the remainder go. but what they take is usually what…

— Charles Bukowski