Attention Quote by Cynthia Ozick

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

In the past the publishers I've worked with have been extremely generous. And in almost every case, have been people who believed in the…

— Peter Sotos

I've had good publishers and bad publishers, and you've got to learn when the advice is sensible and when it's not.

— Dean Koontz

Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good results.

— Warren Buffett

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

We still have pretty good sales, especially for the art books.

— Glenn Danzig

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In…

— Tim Ferriss

Good publishers – as one former publisher aptly put it – are market-makers in a world where it is attention, not content, that is scarce.

— Anonymous

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

I am impressed when I go on the internet and see a lot of young people who've been influenced by the books, or I…

— Robert Greene

I knew from previous books not to count on anything in terms of sales. My first novel - -The Raven's Bride, about Sam Houston's…

— Elizabeth Crook

“Mastering the art of selling involves mastering the craft of providing your clients the education, products, services, and personal contact before, during and after…

— Tom Hopkins