Books Quote by Phil Simpkin

“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

I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“The good news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself. The bad news about self publishing is you get to do…

— Lori Lesko

“My definition of self-published: A printed work distributed by someone who believes more in sharing their story than making a fortune.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

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

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

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

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

“I have a hardcore attitude: a “self-published, ghost-written book” is wrong because the concept behind self publishing is that you have knowledge or emotions…

— Guy Kawasaki

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.

— Charles Stross

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.

— Guy Kawasaki