Blessing Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

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

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

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

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

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

— Roger Ebert

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of…

— Karen Thompson Walker

It is important to find a publisher and equally important not to be noticed until your third or fourth book.

— Colm Toibin

Most people's first books are their best anyways. It's the one they wanted most to write.

— Josephine Tey

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

— Ben Katchor

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.

— Charles Stross

The conventional wisdom is that authors get only one chance in this world. If your first novel doesn't sell, publishers and bookstores lose interest,…

— Jeff Giles