Bigs Quote by Dan Poynter

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This…

— Ring Lardner

Books are like your children. They take nine months to write; the manuscript weighs six pounds and...you send them out into the world and…

— Edna Buchanan

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon

Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited manuscripts. Nor…

— Katherine Paterson

The United States Postal Service has a problem. People aren't sending as much mail as they used to. That means less postage revenue and…

— Matthew Yglesias

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell…

— W. P. Kinsella

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

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

— Anthony Horowitz

It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers…

— Jerry Spinelli

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

Most publishers, like most writers, are ruined by their successes.

— Willa Cather