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Publishing Quotes
"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."
170
"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."
58
"Publishers like a good buzz, and negative responses sell books just as well as positive ones."
51
"The breadth of the potential readership is also a factor."
48
"I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped."
48
"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."
45
"The trick was really finding the appropriate publisher for each of the projects I'd devised."
44
"He left to do whatever editors do."
44
"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."
44
"You have to remember that in addition to running a literary agency, I am also an ebook publisher."
42
"There is a marvelous peace in not publishing. It's peaceful. Still. Publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy."
42
"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."
42
"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."
41
"We now open our mail with gloves and mask, though I can't imagine why anyone would target a literary agency!"
40
"All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers."
39
"The biggest threat to authors in this age is not plagiarism or poverty, it's obscurity."
37
"Because it is so scatterbrained and has absolutely no charts and graphs, I'm actually quite surprised the Bible sells."
32
"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."
27
"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."
23
"Digital publishing allows an author a new platform for which the words of one heart can be shared with all souls of the world."
17
"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."
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