Behind the scenes Quote by Jennifer Gilmore

When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like…

— Alan Garner

If you want to write a book that's very successful and famous, then it's hard. If you just want to get published, all you…

— Kate Cary

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and…

— Erica Jong

“Lately, because computer technology has made self-publishing an easier and less expensive venture, I'm getting a lot of review copies of amateur books by…

— Terri Windling

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not…

— Chad Harbach

I never worked directly in book publishing, but New York media is adjacent.

— Cord Jefferson

I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional…

— Ian Rankin

I came into book publishing without any particular impulse to be in book publishing.

— Michael Korda

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

— Sarah Dessen

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

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

I couldn't think about novels at all. It seemed the only writing that was appropriate to that horrendous event was journalism, reportage. And, in…

— Ian Mcewan