Form Quote by Lydia Davis

There's a reason that so much good material is coming down to the small presses: it's difficult to turn a profit, all things considered.…

— Andrew Latimer

At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.

— Orhan Pamuk

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates.

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Once upon a time, an editor could try out one or two wacky books, knowing full well that their list would counterbalance any risk…

— Andrew Latimer

When I started publishing - my first novel came out in 1990 - there were no options for publishing science fiction in Canada. There…

— Robert J. Sawyer

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 a lot of awesome stuff is coming out with smaller presses. Small presses don't have to have huge board meetings to talk…

— Kevin Sampsell

When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get…

— Caroline Leavitt

My father was a writer, so I grew up writing and reading and I was really encouraged by him. I had some sort of…

— Anne Lamott

I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little…

— Ben Fountain

When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address…

— Kiran Desai

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

— Michael Korda