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"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
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"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy."
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"McSweeney's as a publishing company is built on a business model that only works when we sell physical books. So we try to put a lot of effort into the design and production of the book-as-object."
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"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."
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"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."
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"I should have my own publishing companies."
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"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
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"Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000."
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"I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped."
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"He left to do whatever editors do."
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"I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets."
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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
"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 taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!"
Business
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
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."
Books
"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
"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."
Publishing
"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
"Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe."
Technology
"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
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