Books Quote by David Nicol

When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get…

— Caroline Leavitt

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints…

— Alan Moore

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

— Nicholas Sparks

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so.

— William Targ

Publishing is a business. It's about squeezing every last dollar out of every available source, and the most vulnerable source is the author. No…

— Thomas Hauser

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break…

— Jim C. Hines

The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace…

— Tahir Shah

I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing…

— Jennifer Gilmore

Self-publishing has been a dubious challenge to traditional publishers, at best.

— Michelle Dean

What makes a publisher decide to market a book to a particular audience is not the subject matter but the style.

— Russell Smith

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

Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they want to…

— N. K. Jemisin