Book Quote by David Dunn

Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books.

— Julia Glass

Publishers should use the paperback side to leverage the ebook side.

— Sylvia Day

A good bookshop is not just about selling books from shelves, but reaching out into the world and making a difference.

— David Almond

Apple doesn't need to maximize book sales. It simply needs to keep publishers happy enough to maintain an impressive-sounding inventory of titles while waiting…

— Virginia Postrel

I'm very primitive in terms of economics. The kind of new business in which stock gets more valuable because the company grows, but there…

— William Gibson

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

— Buchi Emecheta

I'd like to sell a lot of books.

— Terry Pratchett

A bookstore has thousands of titles to sell. You need to be the guy the store attendant recommends to the reader.

— Ravi Subramanian

“Profitable bookstores sell books. Unprofitable book sellers store books.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I guess if one set of my books was selling like Stephen King's, and the other wasn't selling at all, editors would want me…

— Fred Saberhagen

“Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if…

— Richard Curtis