Audience Quote by Russell Smith

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

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

— Heather Hart

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

Publishing is no longer simply a matter of picking worthy manuscripts and putting them on offer. It is now as important to market books…

— Olivia Goldsmith

“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

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc.

— Alexander Theroux

Authors should be as involved with the marketing of their books as they want to be. No more, no less. I happen to recognized,…

— Steve Almond

A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important decisions about…

— Chris Pavone

As much as we don't want to hear it, book marketing is a huge part of becoming a successful author.

— Heather Hart

Book marketing is a skill: it takes knowledge, effort, and persistence to really be successful.

— Heather Hart

Publishers are born connectors; they bring like-minded people together. They are also conversationalists of the first order. They foster the interaction between the three…

— John Battelle

Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers.

— Kevin Sampsell