Books Quote by Richard L. Brandt

“There was little science to Amazon’s earliest distribution methods. The company held no inventory itself at first. When a customer bought a book, Amazon…

— Brad Stone

“Naturally, some of the reviews were negative. In speeches, Bezos later recalled getting an angry letter from an executive at a book publisher implying…

— Brad Stone

“Shoppers are attracted to the store by the long tail, but when they get there, they buy the big head (the vital few). The…

— Herb Sorensen

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

— Anonymous

The probability of finding a particular book increases in relation to the clarity of the store's focus, the diligence and shrewdness of the bookseller,…

— Gabriel Zaid

“One early challenge was that the book distributors required retailers to order ten books at a time. Amazon didn’t yet have that kind of…

— Brad Stone

“A book is much more than a delivery vehicle for its contents.”

— Allison Hoover Bartlett

When my books came out, they started selling but they started selling at a relatively consistent but low pace. And they started to pick…

— Simon Sinek

The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much that mattered…

— Edan Lepucki

“Amazon isn’t happening to the book business,” he likes to say to authors and journalists. “The future is happening to the book business.”)”

— Brad Stone

“Say you’re at home and you want something, like a book, so you go online and order it from Amazon. Two days later, the…

— Karen McQuestion

People have one of two extreme reactions to my book. They either throw it across the room, or they rush out and buy 10…

— Louise Hay