About Quote by Tim O'Reilly

“There’s not a single business model . . . There are really a lot of opportunities and a lot of options and we just…

— Alexander Osterwalder

We're in the media business today. We're in the business of helping authors and publishers market their books to readers. And that's where we…

— Otis Chandler

Think like a publisher, not a marketer.

— David Meerman Scott

I think it's a very shallow thought to think creative people can't do business. I am as proud of the fact that our magazine…

— Glenda Bailey

“Book publishers needed only to listen to Jeff Bezos himself to have their fears stoked. Amazon’s founder repeatedly suggested he had little reverence for…

— Brad Stone

Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value. They'll be the richest, the most successful,…

— Pete Cashmore

Good publishers – as one former publisher aptly put it – are market-makers in a world where it is attention, not content, that is scarce.

— Anonymous

“For publishers are not just employers and financial risk-takers: they are also cultural mediators and arbitrators of quality and taste.”

— John B. Thompson

We're all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.

— John Green

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

We know what we are. Our business is originating, distributing, and managing capital for individuals and institutions.

— James P. Gorman

No agent/publisher is in a position to create across a spectrum of media and distribution what major publishers can accomplish for authors.

— Robert Gottlieb