Book Quote by Jonathan Lethem

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

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

Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when you get…

— Kate Thompson

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

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

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

As a writer you know you don't have to deal with a lot of the crap that most people deal with, the political things.…

— Robert Greene

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

Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books…

— Olivia Goldsmith

I like every individual editor, designer, marketing and publicity person I deal with, but I don't like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the…

— Philip Pullman

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

— Ann Patchett