Agents Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will…

— Barry Eisler

“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

The publishing industry provides a viable channel which enables a wide distribution of books that we're not seeing in any other way. Unfortunately, self-publishing…

— Sylvia Day

I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to…

— Piers Anthony

I have SO many books I didn't sell. Some my agent rejected outright, others made it all the way to my editor to be…

— Sarah Dessen

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

I had the easiest publishing experience in the entire world. I sent out fifteen courier letters to agents, got five no replies, nine rejections…

— Stephenie Meyer

“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

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

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

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