Book Quote by Jonathan Evison

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

“To publish in the sense of making a book available to the public is easy – and never easier than it is today, when…

— John B. Thompson

One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means…

— Graham Swift

Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication.

— Cynthia Ozick

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it.

— Margaret Atwood

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

— Ann Patchett

Writers are stewards of the culture. Publishers, librarians, bookstore owners. We're all in this together. To write books that are gripping, important, that people…

— Scott Spencer

The publishing industry provides a viable channel which enables a wide distribution of books that we're not seeing in any other way. Unfortunately, self-publishing…

— Sylvia Day

When I say 'publishing is the new literacy,' I don't mean there's no role for curation, for improving material, for editing material, for fact-checking…

— Clay Shirky

Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little frightening to…

— Garth Greenwell