Book Quote by Franklin Foer

It used to be a lot easier to get a book deal.

— Patti Davis

I wouldn't write any kind of book without a contract and an advance. You can't invest that amount of time and effort without one.

— Harrison Salisbury

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

— Larry Kirshbaum

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.

— George Stephen

While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second…

— Caroline Leavitt

In many ways, it was much, much harder to get the first book contract. The hardest thing probably overall has been learning not to…

— Neil Gaiman

I expected higher prices for some books, but [there would be] flexibility for other books,

— Eddy Cue

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of…

— Seth Godin

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look…

— Dan Poynter

“The first week after the official launch, they took $12,000 in orders and shipped $846 worth of books, according to Eric Dillon, one of…

— Brad Stone

That wasn't a bad price for a first book. My agent upped it as much as possible. I was 27 and had nothing behind…

— Patricia Highsmith

Paymasters come in only two sizes: one sort shows you where the book says that you can't have what you've got coming to you;…

— Robert A. Heinlein