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"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."
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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!"

"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."

"I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that job is done online."

"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."

"Author's WarningIf you're buying this book as a gift for your grandma or a kid, you should be aware that it contains cusswords as well as tasteful depictions of cannibalism and people in their forties having sex. Don't blame me. I told you."

"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."

"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."

"I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped."

"He left to do whatever editors do."

"Because it is so scatterbrained and has absolutely no charts and graphs, I'm actually quite surprised the Bible sells."
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"The brand building process is a marathon that takes time with patience, persistence, consistence, and authenticity to deliver on your unique promise of value."
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