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"We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!"
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"The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."
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"In the business always talk to decision makers only, it will save your time and will get you the deal."
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"Business is the salt of life."
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"Marketing is safe. Sales is risky. UNLESS, marketing has done its job. Then sales is safe too."
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"To me everything in business boils down to this: do you genuinely care about your customers - or just their cash?"
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"The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave."
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"The competition is out to get you. Are you a moving target or a sitting duck? Innovate or die."
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"One of the biggest secrets of success is delegation. Exactly the method Sir Richard Branson uses! If it helped him become a billionaire businessman then it is worth utilizing in your own life/business, etc."
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"A fair price for oil is whatever you can get plus ten to twenty per cent."
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"The most successful businesses have leaders that see the correlation between customer service and sales. not as separate departments, but as complimentary components for growth."
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"It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan."
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"We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that."
Books
"I have no problem selling books to media franchises and we do it all the time. The author must understand that he/she is a writer for hire and has no control over copyright or over editorial changes made to the text."
Time
"I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books."
People
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
Publishing
"We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!"
Business
"The key factor is whether the agent is a member of the Association of Authors' Representatives, which screens its members and requires them to uphold a Canon of Ethics."
Publishing
"I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down."
Selling
"The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers."
Publishing
"Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule."
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