Art Quote by Michael Korda

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.

— Nicholas Sparks

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems…

— Thomas Wolfe

Selling art is a lot different than making it.

— David Leitch

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers.

— Joni Rodgers

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

My creator owned books sell better than my mainstream books. And that makes no sense.

— Kelly Sue DeConnick

The idea of selling is a projection that people create about people that is more of a reflection of who they are than what…

— Mark Ruffalo

“Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

As somebody who's kind of a technophile, I'm interested in how traditional and digital publishing connect. Maybe ten years ago they were seen as…

— Gene Luen Yang

I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most part, publishing…

— Jennifer Gilmore

Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren't. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish, but in…

— Amanda Hocking

The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They…

— Jack Kirby