Argument Quote by Mark Millar

The fact is that the intrinsic worth of the book, play or whatever the author is trying to sell is the least, last factor…

— George Bernard Shaw

Let's look at what the books are that are being produced. More and more they are being made like movies. To sell. They are…

— Frederick Busch

[Mid-list writers are now] less greed on the part of both publishers and chain booksellers. It is easier for them to publish and sell…

— W. P. Kinsella

“will be six to eight volumes, equaling one novel for $5.94 to $7.92, so it is competitive with industry”

— Sicily Yoder

If the books are selling, the money will follow.

— Larry Kirshbaum

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

— Ben Katchor

Why would they have book covers if we aren't supposed to judge the book by them? It makes no sense.

— Ingrid Weir

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of…

— Seth Godin

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others have too high a price.

— Walter Lippmann

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

— Micah Perks

“The primary reason more explicit material is now being published is twofold: there's money in the sale of sensational material, and few are trying…

— Linda Harvey

“No one in their right mind would take up clerking in a bookstore for the salary, and no one in his right mind would…

— Mary Ann Shaffer