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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."

"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."

"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."

"The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised."

"The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor."

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

"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."

"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."

"New York was packed with writers, real writers, because there were magazines, real magazines, loads of them. This was back when the Internet was still some exotic pet kept in the corner of the publishing world-throw some kibble at it, watch it dance on its little leash, oh quite cute, it definitely won't kill us in the night."

"He left to do whatever editors do."
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