Books Quote by Jeff Giles

Like most new writers, I could only hope that one day one publisher might agree to publish one of my books; I couldn't imagine…

— Emma Healey

First-book novelists and storywriters haven't yet failed and so it's easier to publish them - you can gamble on a success. Whereas someone who…

— Frederick Busch

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

“Being an author isn't just about making money or hitting the Amazon Bestsellers list, it's about the positive impact you and your stories make…

— Shannon Eckrich

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

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot…

— Jay McInerney

You know, in the old days, you might be able to slowly sort of build an audience for your work by publishing two, three…

— Chad Harbach

You can sell a lot more books if you work with other authors than if you try to do everything all by yourself.

— John Kremer

Early publication can be a dubious blessing: we all know writers who would give anything not to have published their first book, and go…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I see a lot of writers who complain when their book doesn't sell and the reason that happens sometimes, is they don't know how…

— Kevin Sampsell

My fears are the obvious ones: that marketplace-minded publishers - all four of them - will shy further away from literary fiction, international authors,…

— David Edelstein

One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.

— David Foster Wallace