Been Quote by Michelle Dean

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

I know people think that having a regular publisher is more prestigious, there is even this idea that self-publishing is a result of being…

— Caroline Calloway

“Whatever you may have heard, self-publishing is not a short cut to anything. Except maybe insanity. Self-publishing, like every other kind of publishing, is…

— Anonymous

Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.

— Patti Davis

Publishing is a tough business.

— Carole Radziwill

“Self publishing' is not as easy as it is portrayed! When you think you have finished your book, proof read, proof read again, and…

— Phil Simpkin

Self-publishing is fine. But in a world of self-publishing, where everything is about what you get on the back end, there's a serious disincentive…

— Franklin Foer

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break…

— Jim C. Hines

“What I don't get about "traditional publishing" is that an author creates a work that they think is good enough to be published. They…

— David Nicol

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their…

— Jennifer Armintrout

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”

— Adrienne Thompson

I have always discouraged young writers from self-publishing, by which I mean going to a vanity publisher and spending your hard earned savings -…

— Ruskin Bond