Amazon Quote by Ryan Lilly

“I don’t want to be one of those writers a publisher will publish just to make a buck. I want to be a writer…

— Steven Lloyd

“Being self-published makes me no less "published" than the authors who are with publishing companies.”

— Adrienne Thompson

“I am still actively engaged at the job I like best, which is working with authors and promoting them. But, at this time in…

— John C. Farrar

“You know what a publisher is? He’s a failed writer whose father was rich enough that he’s able to appropriate other people’s talents.”

— Joël Dicker

“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

“Book publishing is a passion that one hopes eventually becomes a good paying job.”

— Steven Magee

“After being turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to write for posterity.”

— George Ade

Finally, I found a wonderful agent who wanted to work with me, and she sent it to one billion publishers and received one billion…

— Liza Campbell

“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

“If you enjoy knocking self-publishing writers, write something better first, then, knock on!”

— Robert Scott

“Authors today need a publisher as much as they need a tapeworm in their guts.”

— Rayne Hall

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