Book Quote by William Targ

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

— Heather Hart

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

— Ann Patchett

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break…

— Jim C. Hines

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

Writers are always a great nuisance to publishers. If they could do without them, they would.

— Fay Weldon

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.

— Vince Flynn

When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get…

— Caroline Leavitt

Publishing a book is a very different thing than writing one.

— Tara Westover

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

— Heather Hart

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you.

— Sarah Dessen

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 a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems…

— Thomas Wolfe