Book Quote by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Full ownership of a book only comes when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a…

— Charles Van Doren

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

— John Hodgman

. . . [Y]ou must understand that we have always considered the writing of books a hindrance to our work, and that for this…

— Vincent de Paul

“Buy printed books because you save real thoughts of writers. Content of digital books can be changed easy if it is needed.”

— Ekaterina Yakovina

“Authors do not own books, readers do”

— John Green

The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story…

— Seth Godin

“A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing”

— Anonymous

“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the purchase of…

— Arthur Schopenhauer

“I often buy print books only after I've read them in some digital form or other. It's my odd way of keeping the physical…

— Joyce Rachelle

“With an eBook, however, you are not a first-class commercial citizen. Instead, you have only purchased tenuous rights within someone else’s company store. You…

— Jaron Lanier

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

— Buchi Emecheta

“Books can be objects of great value. That value is created in different ways. Sometimes just the author’s signature is enough to do it.…

— Stephen King