Become Quote by Norah Vincent

It's a fascinating world to drop a finished product on the marketplace without the intercession of a publisher.

— Chris Claremont

There's an expectation these days that novels - like any other consumer product - should be made on a production line, with one dropping…

— Donna Tartt

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints…

— Alan Moore

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well.

— Thomas Friedman

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

“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

Publishing isn't a job anymore. It's a button.

— Clay Shirky

Everywhere, publishers are being squeezed out.

— Anthony Horowitz

I love the fact publishers are still publishing unprofitable material. It's a challenge to the powers that be. It's saying there is a real…

— Alan Lightman

Publishing is a business. It's about squeezing every last dollar out of every available source, and the most vulnerable source is the author. No…

— Thomas Hauser

With the old economics destroyed, organizational forms perfected for industrial production have to be replaced with structures optimized for digital data. It makes increasingly…

— Clay Shirky

“I hope that, whatever happens within the publishing industry, because of the increased control writers have of their own careers, better sales information and…

— Sara Sheridan