Books Quote by Richard Curtis

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

“And if publishers are too skittish to bite—sell it as goddamn fiction. Make yourself the author and change the names if necessary. Do whatever…

— Joshua V. Scher

If writing and publishing a book is like giving birth to a child, then book marketing is like rearing it.

— Heather Hart

You won't find a publisher until you have written the book and you won't find the time till you sit down, stay down, and…

— Carol Drinkwater

“People can’t read a book if they don’t know it exists. All authors need to do marketing, regardless of how they published.”

— Jo Linsdell

Books are not brands. Some people are very willing to see themselves as a brand, but you can't be a certain type of writer…

— Zadie Smith

I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing…

— Natalie Goldberg

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

— Louise Brown

I like every individual editor, designer, marketing and publicity person I deal with, but I don't like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the…

— Philip Pullman

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author.

— Jackie Kennedy

I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

— Anonymous