Book Quote by James Surowiecki

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

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new.

— Ben Katchor

An author needs to be in the market. He or she needs to come out with a new book every year. That keeps you…

— Ravi Subramanian

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

At a time when there's younger writers starting up and it's inevitable that you're becoming less fashionable, at a time when the industrial pressures…

— William Boyd

The cheaper books become, the less money is spent on books.

— George Orwell

Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away, but ebooks…

— David Morrell

The reason why books endure is because there are enough people who like them. It's the only reason why books last.

— Salman Rushdie

“After publishing a book, start writing the next. And repeat. Don't get hung up on overmarketing the books, focus more on getting more books…

— Crissi Langwell

The current publishing scene is extremely good for the big, popular books. They sell them brilliantly, market them and all that. It is not…

— Doris Lessing

The demand for digital textbooks has increased since its introduction to the marketplace. As students become more familiar with them and computers get faster,…

— Jeff Cohen

The content of most textbooks is perishable, but the tools of self-directedness serve one well over time.

— Albert Bandura