Quotes about Publishing

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Votes: 5

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession. Votes: 4

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. Votes: 4

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. Votes: 4

Publishing is in a kind of Jurassic age. Votes: 3

Publishing isn't a job anymore. It's a button. Votes: 3

Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology. Votes: 3

Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man. Votes: 3

Publishing companies are like schoolyard bullies that can't even fight well. Votes: 3

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing. Votes: 3

I have my own publishing company called 'I Am McLovin Publishing. Votes: 3

Publishing had been successful where there had been natural geographic monopolies. Votes: 3

Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic. Votes: 3

Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck. Votes: 3

I have my own publishing company called 'I Am McLovin Publishing.' Votes: 3

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. Votes: 3

We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art. Votes: 3

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines. Votes: 3

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines. Votes: 3

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Votes: 3

Publishing is a business of relationships. The relationships you make at one house can carry over to another. Votes: 3

Publishing should be a collaboration between authors and their smartest readers "” and at some point the distinction should become meaningless, Votes: 3

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into! Votes: 3

Publishing in a way doesn't have a lot to do with writing, and writing doesn't have a lot to do with publishing. Votes: 3

The formation of the News America Publishing Group will lead to greater editorial excitement, new business opportunities and greater efficiencies and coordination. Votes: 3

Publishing is a business and writing is an art. The two have to be crammed together despite the clearly different motivations behind them. Votes: 3

Publishing companies and a great many authors have missed the opportunity to capitalize on the very real relationships they create with their readers. Votes: 3

Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place. Votes: 3

Nothing higher can be accomplished by the epic poet thus interpreting his own time in order to serve the future.(Foreword by Frederick Ungar in Elective Affinities, 1962, Ungar Publishing) Votes: 3

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and advertising seems to do very little good. Votes: 3

Publishing a sophisticated men's magazine seemed to me the best possible way of fulfilling a dream I'd been nurturing ever since I was a teenager: to get laid a lot. Votes: 3

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing. Votes: 3

Publishing a protocol under the name Atom that tries to capture all of the prior art in this stage and might provide a good basis for winding down the syndication wars. Votes: 3

I enjoy writing. Publishing... not so much. I've been lucky to work with some very talented people in the publishing world, and the print industry has allowed me to write full time. Votes: 3

Publishing a short story can sometimes feel like shouting into the dark... your words come out, and then nothing... but I don't think that's why I tend to write novels rather than stories. Votes: 3

So I'm leaving Sony, a free agent, owning half of Sony. I own half of Sony's Publishing. I'm leaving them, and they're very angry at me, because I just did good business, you know. Votes: 3

Seeing Pretty Little Liars fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. Votes: 3

When you bring the scale and precision of data-driven platforms to the brilliance of great media executions, magic will happen. Delivering on that vision for the Independent Web is the mission of Federated Media Publishing. Votes: 3

Seeing 'Pretty Little Liars' fans adapt and create their own stories is both exciting and flattering, and I think what Amazon Publishing is offering through Kindle Worlds is a great way to reward their ingenuity. Votes: 3

One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means going public. But the actual activity could scarcely be more invisible. And private. Votes: 3

Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something about your writing. The editor will say something, friends will mention it. You will learn. Votes: 3

The primary goal of publishing general fiction and non-fiction was never profit - though profit was essential to stay in the game. Publishing is a vocation in which the work is its own reward, an insufficient goal for today's conglomerates. Votes: 3

Publishing my book is like giving it away. At first you start talking about it, but you are basically letting go. I won't say it's like giving birth because I haven't given birth. It's more like when your children leave home. Votes: 3

I maintain an ongoing survey of Internet Publishing and self publishing, so that it is now possible for any writer with a book to get it published at nominal cost or free, and to have it on sale at booksellers like Amazon.com. Votes: 3

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing. Votes: 2

I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town. Votes: 2

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher. Votes: 2

There's a lust in man, no charm can tame, of loudly publishing our neighbor's shame. Votes: 2

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. Votes: 2

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' Votes: 2

The future of publishing is about having connections to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. Votes: 2

The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. Votes: 2

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. Votes: 2

That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away. Just continue to write. Votes: 2

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves. Votes: 2

The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax. Votes: 2

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job. Votes: 2

Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times. Votes: 2

I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money. Votes: 2

I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history. Votes: 2

You can buy attention (advertising). You can beg for attention from the media (PR). You can bug people one at a time to get attention (sales). Or you can earn attention by creating something interesting and valuable and then publishing it online for free. Votes: 2

So forget about blogs and bloggers and blogging and focus on this - the cost and difficulty of publishing absolutely anything, by anyone, into a global medium, just got a whole lot lower. And the effects of that increased pool of potential producers is going to be vast. Votes: 2

People ask me what my predictions are for publishing and how digital is changing things and I tell them my only real prediction is that is it's all changing. Amazon, Google and all of those things probably aren't the enemy. The enemy right now is simply refusing to understand that the world is changing. Votes: 2

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. Votes: 1

At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with. Votes: 1

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing. Votes: 1

New York is the Hollywood of the publishing industry, complete with stars, starlets, suicidal publishers/producers, intrigues, and a lot of money. Votes: 1

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start. Votes: 1

There is a lust in man no charm can tame: Of loudly publishing his neighbor's shame: On eagles wings immortal scandals fly, while virtuous actions are born and die. Votes: 1

What I did was, I went and collected every bit of information from Adventist publishing houses in the basic areas of doctrine covered in the book Questions on Doctrine. Votes: 1

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author. Votes: 1

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. Votes: 1

I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company. Votes: 1

Apple doesn't need to maximize book sales. It simply needs to keep publishers happy enough to maintain an impressive-sounding inventory of titles while waiting for entirely new forms of publishing to develop. Votes: 1

We have a massive system to regulate creativity. A massive system of lawyers regulating creativity as copyright law has expanded in unrecognizable forms, going from a regulation of publishing to a regulation of copying. Votes: 1

When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript. Votes: 1

At graduation, I assumed I'd be in publishing, but first I went to England and got a master's degree in English Literature. And then I came back to New York and had a series of publishing jobs, the way one does. Votes: 1

The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be an incremental process, and the pace at which the free press polices itself depends on how journalists are targeted. Votes: 1

I like to joke that I probably hold the world record for rejection letters. Yes, the truth is that I was fed up of being rejected repeatedly, and self-publication was an act of defiance at traditional publishing. But life works in strange ways. Votes: 1

I saw that publishing all over the world was deeply constrained by self-censorship, economics and political censorship, while the military-industrial complex was growing at a tremendous rate, and the amount of information that it was collecting about all of us vastly exceeded the public imagination. Votes: 1

I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's a saying in publishing that girls will read about boys, but boys will only read about boys, and it's important to give women strong heroines. Votes: 1

'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable enterprise. And it also convinced a lot of people that kids will read if we give them books that they care about and love. Votes: 1

There's a bizarre prejudice that exists in the New York publishing establishment that any work outside the tri-state area is being done by trained chimpanzees, that geography screens out sensibility. There's an idea that all Los Angeles writing is about the movie industry, that it's vulgar, shallow and banal. Votes: 1

What's different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. It's all part of the suffocating spin cycle we're in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. Votes: 1

When I was seven or eight years old, I began to read the science-fiction magazines that were brought by guests into my grandparents' boarding house in Waukegan, Illinois. Those were the years when Hugo Gernsback was publishing 'Amazing Stories,' with vivid, appallingly imaginative cover paintings that fed my hungry imagination. Votes: 1

I don't think anyone is ever writing so that you can throw it away. You're always writing it to be something. Later, you decide whether it'll ever see the light of day. But at the moment of its writing, it's always meant to be something. So, to me, there's no practicing; there's only editing and publishing or not publishing. Votes: 1

It's a crapshoot, publishing. Votes: 0

Yelling is a form of publishing Votes: 0

The wheels of publishing never slow down. Votes: 0

I should have my own publishing companies. Votes: 0

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood. Votes: 0

The music publishing I own is fabulous recording. Votes: 0

I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938. Votes: 0

The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry. Votes: 0

The publishing industry is stuck somewhere in the Jurassic era. Votes: 0

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors. Votes: 0

I'm working on my own work, my own publishing company. Votes: 0

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well. Votes: 0

I cannot claim to have had a hard time publishing. Votes: 0

I bless / all knowledge of love, all ways of publishing it. Votes: 0

I was publishing when I was 20, 21. And it really never stopped. Votes: 0

Some major American publishing houses still seek work by foreign writers. Votes: 0

Technology and the internet have changed the world of publishing forever. Votes: 0

Because most writers have totally unrealistic concepts of how publishing works. Votes: 0

I just thought I'd take a break from publishing for a while. Votes: 0

I've been willing to go for years without publishing. That's been my career. Votes: 0

People will always tell stories. The publishing industry might vanish, but not stories. Votes: 0

When I started as a writer, I knew nothing about publishing-nothing about anything! Votes: 0

Hollywood is the model for publishing, more and more. Not just blockbusters either. Votes: 0

...if all people doing desktop publishing were doctors we would all be dead! Votes: 0

Watchmen' is a cornerstone of both DC Comics' publishing history and its future. Votes: 0

For years I'd understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death. Votes: 0

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. Votes: 0

I started publishing my comic while I was still living with my parents. Votes: 0

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing. Votes: 0

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think. Votes: 0

I think you have to have a publishing house that offers you some support. Votes: 0

I think book publishing is fun, but I also know I've been very lucky. Votes: 0

All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers. Votes: 0

I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. Votes: 0

With writing and publishing, my only aim is to live in the aesthetic pleasure dome. Votes: 0

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information. Votes: 0

We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour. Votes: 0

Whistle-blowing and publishing should not be seen as a crime, and certainly not as terrorism. Votes: 0

There ain't nothing that breaks up homes, country and nations like somebody publishing their memoirs Votes: 0

I hate self-publishing; it's a real drag and it takes up a lot of space. Votes: 0

Book-publishing is all about politics. Agents, editors, which books will be puffed, which ignored, etc. Votes: 0

You can't just pay attention to the short term, you just have to keep publishing. Votes: 0

Automattic's mission has always been very aligned with WordPress itself, which is to democratise publishing. Votes: 0

I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience. Votes: 0

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world. Votes: 0

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all. Votes: 0

The Big Five publishing companies are dinosaurs trying to survive in a post-meteor world. They won't. Votes: 0

I was 40 years old before I became an overnight success, and I'd been publishing for 20 years. Votes: 0

I understand it is 13-8 against Egon Ronay publishing a Good Betting Shop Food Guide by 1997. Votes: 0

Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network. Votes: 0

I want to work with my friends because Canadian genre publishing is a really small pool. Votes: 0

Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else. Votes: 0

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. Votes: 0

Don't try to outguess what's going on in publishing, and write what you want to write. Votes: 0

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos Votes: 0

...publishing is a terrible invasion of my privacy. I like to write. I love to write." Votes: 0

I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house. Votes: 0

Being a writer now is about so much more than writing. There's publishing, touring, marketing, web presence. Votes: 0

As soon as you start publishing, you are the star and so people see you that way. Votes: 0

In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high. Votes: 0

I'm curious about writing in the age of online publishing. Because nobody cares about good writing online. Votes: 0

One of the greatest threats facing book publishing, and the entire country for that matter, is censorship. Votes: 0

I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else. Votes: 0

I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made. Votes: 0

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. Votes: 0

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me. Votes: 0

The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold. Votes: 0

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. Votes: 0

Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing. Votes: 0

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing . You gotta shake your tail feathers. Votes: 0

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. Votes: 0

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the 'Financial Times'. Votes: 0

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the Financial Times. Votes: 0

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction. Votes: 0

I have people working together, doing different things: architecture, art installation, photography, publishing, and curatorial works and design. Votes: 0

The successful publishing house is the one that can guess ahead, not the one that imitates the past. Votes: 0

I think the publishing industry is dismayingly like the movie business. It grows more corporate by the day. Votes: 0

The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals. Votes: 0

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had. Votes: 0

When you're young, everything seems like a romance. At 96, I can still feel romantic about publishing young unknown writers. Votes: 0

Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations... Votes: 0

First, I was a fact checker for Zagat and then I was an editorial assistant for HarperCollins publishing house. Votes: 0

My wife and I are involved in writing/publishing/promotion twenty-four/seven. It isn't a day job; it's life. Votes: 0

Technology has changed the way book publishing works, as it has changed everything else in the world of media. Votes: 0

I've never taken the steps to be 'successful': I've never had a manager or signed to a publishing house. Votes: 0

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters. Votes: 0

I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing. Votes: 0

I started a publishing company just so I could get the phone numbers of everyone that I'd ever admired. Votes: 0

I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals. Votes: 0

If writing and publishing a book is like giving birth to a child, then book marketing is like rearing it. Votes: 0

This is my job, my livelihood: the health and the well-being of the publishing industry. We're all responsible for this. Votes: 0

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always. Votes: 0

When it comes to anniversaries, the publishing industry usually resembles distant relatives, readiest with gifts that are redundant or farcical. Votes: 0

I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. Votes: 0

I felt the comics grew because they became the common man's literature, the common man's art, the common man's publishing. Votes: 0

That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park. Votes: 0

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to. Votes: 0

I think when you're a beginning author with any publishing company, there's only so much they can put behind you. Votes: 0

The publishing industry has always wanted to make books as cheaply and as ephemerally as they could; it's nothing new. Votes: 0

If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing. Votes: 0

When we first did 'Modernist Cuisine,' I think most people in cookbook publishing would have said, 'This is insane.' Votes: 0

A lot of people who are passionate about digital or publishing, they either want to be in New York or Brooklyn. Votes: 0

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success. Votes: 0

"The [London] Times" has published no rumours; it's only reported facts, namely that other, less responsible papers are publishing certain rumours. Votes: 0

My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries. Votes: 0

I'm referred to, I see, as 'the biggest banker in modern publishing'. Now there's a line that needed the celebrated Guardian proof-reading. Votes: 0

I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry. Votes: 0

As a total activity - I practice curating, art, architecture, writing, and publishing all together. I still act as a living creature. Votes: 0

When people warn me about someone - the label head or the publishing head - that somebody is difficult, I'm in heaven. Votes: 0

I've never sold my publishing. I have 100% control of all of my publishing and that includes everything, every use of my songs. Votes: 0

To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times. Votes: 0

The trouble with the publishing business is that too many people who have half a mind to write a book do so. Votes: 0

One of the best book marketing tips I can give you is simply building relationships - well that and publishing more books. Votes: 0

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book. Votes: 0

With the movies, people are not going to wait around. The deadline is a deadline. In publishing it's more a polite suggestion. Votes: 0

Even though I got a late start, first publishing an essay when I was 50 years old, I've since written eight suspense novels. Votes: 0

My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive. Votes: 0

The anomaly is that, as a publishing venture, comics are not doing very well. As a venture that supplies other media, they're incredible. Votes: 0

I didn't start publishing literary texts until I had left Iraq. At the Academy [of Cinematic Arts] I was busy with short films. Votes: 0

The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not? Votes: 0

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction. Votes: 0

Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment. Votes: 0

There's a lot of funding of the media and film in particular, literary publishing gets recognized as culture. I think fashion should too. Votes: 0

The publication of the Revised New Testament by the two University Presses on May 17, 1881, was the most sensational in the annals of publishing. Votes: 0

Co-creation is much more work than writing somewhere in a hidden corner and then publishing your content. However, the benefits outweigh the costs. Votes: 0

With Instapaper, I can take a few months off. I can't stop publishing 'The Magazine' for two months and work on something else. Votes: 0

One of the things I like about publishing is that you don't promote the editor - you promote the book and the author. Votes: 0

With a 100-year perspective, the real value of the personal computer is not spreadsheets, word processors or even desktop publishing. It's the Web. Votes: 0

In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even have a website then. Votes: 0

The future of publishing lies with the small and medium-sized presses, because the big publishers in New York are all part of huge conglomerates. Votes: 0

The Nobel Prize is run by a self-perpetuated committee. They vote for themselves and get the world's publishing industry to jump to their tune. Votes: 0

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes. Votes: 0

I continued writing the bad plays which fortunately nobody would produce, just as no one did me the unkindness of publishing my early novels. Votes: 0

Writers can feel pretty powerless in the big corporate world of publishing, but sometimes our greatest power is the ability to say 'no.' Votes: 0

Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing. Votes: 0

What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory. Votes: 0

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. Votes: 0

I didn't go to the right schools, didn't come from a well-known family, nor was I even remotely connected to a powerful publishing dynasty. Votes: 0

The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can go wrong. Votes: 0

Frankly, I'd rather make a little bit less money if it means living in a better world for books and publishing in the future. Votes: 0

I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents. Votes: 0

Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity. Votes: 0

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in. Votes: 0

The model of publishing is changing and its happening right now, but most publishers are so frightened, they just dont know how to embrace it. Votes: 0

In some ways, getting published in children's literature is a little more open than publishing adult literature. It's less hinged on who you might know. Votes: 0

What with the reviews of critics, the sarcasms of one's friends, the reproaches of one's own taste, there's precious little peace after publishing a book ... Votes: 0

The job of an editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world. Votes: 0

We're also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course. Votes: 0

What makes a publishing house great? The easy answer is the consistency with which it produces books of value over a lengthy period of time. Votes: 0

Independent publishing gives everyone a voice, and those with a voice to which people inherently want to listen will find a way to the top. Votes: 0

Were also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course. Votes: 0

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author. Votes: 0

Sadly, too much has changed about publishing ... not only does attractiveness matter to agents and editors, but there's no room anymore for a reclusive writer. Votes: 0

While I was in Montrose, the publishing checks went into the band's coffers. This was our management's decision; we were just financing ourselves on the road. Votes: 0

I've been really fortunate to have Bridge Records interested in publishing my music for the past 25 years. Most of my music is available in their catalog. Votes: 0

I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story. Votes: 0

Nobody sells books like J.K. Rowling. We have a rule in publishing: Never compare anything to 'Harry Potter' because it's like lightning in a bottle. Votes: 0

There is a marvelous peace in not publishing ... I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. Votes: 0

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing is wonderful! Votes: 0

Printers shall be liable to legal prosecution for printing and publishing false facts injurious to the party prosecuting: but they shall be under no other restraint. Votes: 0

One the other hand, the publishing trend is ghastly, isn't it? Two hundred and something distributors are now down to 10 or 12? And what's the recruiting drive? Votes: 0

It's a grave mistake in publishing, whether you're talking about Internet or print publication, to try to play to a limited repertoire of established reader interests. Votes: 0

I'm not an overnight success. My early publishing history, through my first five books, was unfortunate in many respects, typified by a couple of short anecdotes. Votes: 0

Well, the Internet is this miracle. It is an absolutely extraordinary idea that you can press a send button, and you are publishing to the world. Votes: 0

Today's marketing success comes from self-publishing web content that people want to share. It's not about gimmicks. It's not about paying an agency to interrupt others. Votes: 0

Online advertising works, although it lands especially on search engines like Google and Yahoo. They achieve much higher revenues online than the websites of publishing companies. Votes: 0

I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them. Votes: 0

When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't get traditional deals. Votes: 0

A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed. Votes: 0

My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book. Votes: 0

Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest. Votes: 0

I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten? Votes: 0

I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't have to be that good. Votes: 0

Then l learned to play guitar and l started writing songs and my mother formed for me a publishing business, so we started publishing and managing artists. Votes: 0

In my long, long years toiling around the publishing industry, I've found that women simply don't stick to the writing with the same fervor that men do. Votes: 0

My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led to two more bestselling novels. Votes: 0

I do work a lot. I mean, most of my income, I would say, comes from live performances. And then you've got publishing, you've got record royalties. Votes: 0

One of the most refreshing changes I've seen in recent years is the blending of genres - the pushing past the hard-and-fast lines of specific publishing categories. Votes: 0

Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age - its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. Votes: 0

I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern. Votes: 0

I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours. Votes: 0

Alan's publishing company was in the Brill Building, and of course, the Brill Building was where all the songwriters hung out because that's where all the publishers were. Votes: 0

The publishing industry stopped having new ideas out of respect for the untimely death of Ernest Hemingway in 1961 and has been doing everything the same way ever since. Votes: 0

I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success. Votes: 0

Think of it more as publishing instead of marketing.Be authentic as a publisher and create content that helps you connect to everyone else...because they're already connected. Votes: 0

Remember that just because major publishing is having trouble, that doesn't mean people have stopped reading books. Printed books won't go away, but ebooks won't go away, either. Votes: 0

I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start Votes: 0

Reality TV, blogging and self-publishing are all evidence of a society's or culture's desire to be more public. And that's a sign of a healthy or energetic culture. Votes: 0

Self-publishing a shitty book doesn't make you an author any more than singing in the shower makes you a rockstar or squeezing your pimple makes you a dermatologist. Votes: 0

Of all the climatologists whose careers depend on the climate changing to keep themselves publishing articles — yes, I could read that, but I don't believe it. Votes: 0

It's possible there are no two books in publishing history more dissimilar than 'Human Traces' and 'Devil May Care.' And that was really the attraction of it. Votes: 0

I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about every writer in their flock. Votes: 0

I think the online space can be a free space, in that we are not reliant online on the publishing industry or readers who just don't get it. Votes: 0

When I left college I thought - based on a staggeringly inadequate understanding of how the world worked - that I might like to go into book publishing. Votes: 0

The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are. Votes: 0

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first. Votes: 0

'The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told by a succession of authors. Votes: 0

The New Jedi Order' was a pure publishing project: a single massive story - virtually one huge novel spread across multiple volumes - told by a succession of authors. Votes: 0

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing. . . . It certainly is possible for a novel to be too good to be worth publishing. Votes: 0

What I've come to learn with self-publishing is that if you want to provide readers with something of equal quality, it requires the same amount of time and expense. Votes: 0

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't deemed profitable enough to print. You hardly make any money publishing an electronic book. Votes: 0

It took me a long time to put it to use in things, but the name of my publishing company is Nine Music, and "Red" became my theme song. Votes: 0

Digitization is certainly challenging the old ways of doing things, whether that's in publishing or politics. But it's not the end. In many ways, it is just the beginning. Votes: 0

When we started publishing, you had to be better than good. You had to be excellent. But as long as people are reading, I don't care what they're reading. Votes: 0

There's been a growing dissatisfaction and distrust with the conventional publishing industry, in that you tend to have a lot of formerly reputable imprints now owned by big conglomerates. Votes: 0

I have been incredibly lucky with my novels but I had absolutely no idea if anyone would be interested in a cookbook. So I started to think about self-publishing. Votes: 0

As the Kindle's dread grip on digital publishing is challenged by tablet computers and Android smartphones, with their bright screens and high resolution, the need for illustration is growing. Votes: 0

Freedom to publish means freedom for all and not for some. Freedom to publish is guaranteed by the constitution but freedom to continue to prevent others from publishing is not. Votes: 0

I'm really happy to have the chance to talk about the editing process. It's something that I think doesn't get the weight it deserves, especially with the rise of self-publishing. Votes: 0

Any institution becomes a community - whether it's a high school or a boarding school or a publishing company or a small town where everybody knows certain things about people. Votes: 0

I didn't really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald's employee. So there's always a sense of trying to make up for lost time. Votes: 0

The whole world of publishing is moving to electronic, but when you put a poem on a screen and you increase the type size, the shape of a poem changes. Votes: 0

Hatori: "SHIGURE... I WILL TELL EVERYONE IN THE PUBLISHING INDUSTRY EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT YOU, STARTING FROM WHEN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS OLD..." Shigure: "Sorry, Tohru-kun. My lips are sealed! Votes: 0

I have very strong theories about magazine publishing. And I think that it is the most personal form of journalism. And I think that a magazine is an old friend. Votes: 0

Plus, publishing's inherent conservatism, means that what little did get through was weighted towards the commercial end of the scale, which is not the kind of writing that excites me. Votes: 0

I really started self-publishing on a serious level in 2002. Those smaller books did well, ended up moving from doing a series to compiling everything into a trade paperback in about 2005. Votes: 0

We're not a manufacturer, or an airline, but we do use energy. Printing and publishing newspapers, producing films, broadcasting television signals, operating 24-hour newsrooms. It all adds carbon to the atmosphere. Votes: 0

I purpose publishing these Letters here in the world before I return to you. Two editions. One, unedited, for Bible readers and their children; the other, expurgated, for persons of refinement Votes: 0

Perhaps the most important contribution to science that the Royal Society has made in its three centuries of existence is its early role in publishing Newton's masterful account of his discoveries. Votes: 0

I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles. Votes: 0

The [CIA] Agency has owned outright more than 240 Media operations around the world, including newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, radio and television stations, and wire services, and has partially controlled many more. Votes: 0

I had to do the academic writing. At a top research university, publishing of a certain kind is very important. So your friend is right. You can't do three things well. Votes: 0

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them. Votes: 0

As publishing has become less expensive, the urge to write my own self has become the opportunity to publish my own self. Everyone now can afford to preach in the desert. Votes: 0

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me Votes: 0

Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable. Votes: 0

For all of us involved in preaching the gospel, performing music, publishing Christian materials, and all the rest, there is an uncomfortable message here: Jesus is not terribly impressed with religious commercialism Votes: 0

The only proper suit-and-tie job I've had in my life was the two years in the late 1980s when I ran a small corporate publishing company. I even had a Ford Sierra! Votes: 0

Go APE: Author a great book, Publish it quickly, and Entrepreneur your way to success. Self-publishing isn't easy, but it's fun and sometimes even lucrative. Plus, your book could change the world. Votes: 0

I got a couple of stories published, but the kind of money you were making for publishing a short story, I could see I wasn't going to make a living at it. Votes: 0

I started publishing stories in small magazines early on, but after seven or eight or nine years you feel like you need a little more than that to show for your efforts. Votes: 0

Perceval Press a publishing house I founded in 2002 and it's still going strong. Strong for us means not so many books per year, but each one we very carefully design and print. Votes: 0

Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation. Votes: 0

Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation. Votes: 0

If you think of India in the 1980s, there weren't many writers in English around. The ones that were there, Amitav Ghosh or Vikram Seth, were living abroad or publishing from abroad. Votes: 0

Some of the biggest changes that have happened are behind the scenes, in the way we produce the magazine. E.g., much of our production has been brought in-house via desktop publishing. Votes: 0

There are those who believe we have need of more literature, of a large international publishing house, of a great peace newspaper, or the like. I am rather skeptical about this idea. Votes: 0

I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me. Votes: 0

I'm sure in a lot of publishing houses that there is a frustration that people feel, that they're not in control, that they are puppets and the corporate bosses are manipulating the strings. Votes: 0

Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised. Votes: 0

WikiLeaks has been publishing for ten years, and in those ten years, we have published ten million documents, several thousand individual publications, several thousand different sources, and we have never got it wrong. Votes: 0

Tin House magazine is a port in the storm for people who love language. It is unfailingly excellent, and committed to publishing new voices in addition to delivering freaky-fresh work from established writers. Votes: 0

I began illustrating children's books because of a growing disillusionment with the sort of work I was doing in the advertising industry. Book publishing offered me the chance to be far more creative. Votes: 0

One would always like things to get other performances. With the lack of publishing here it's almost impossible to have an orchestral work done abroad because people simply don't know they are there. Votes: 0

The dirty little secret of publishing is that, all along, each book sold has had an average of 5 readers. That's an 80% "piracy" rate if you insist on looking at it in those terms. Votes: 0

I'm trying to stay open to the idea that the Internet is not the evil foe of publishing but the handmaiden that will turn out to be a blessing for poets and writers. Votes: 0

For me the question that you have to ask, about any magazine, is whether it's needed, whether it's publishing things that no one else could publish, or publish equally well. So there's that. Votes: 0

Getting your foot in the door with some publishing people can be important when you're starting out as a writer, but it's also not enough to get you where you need to be. Votes: 0

Australian SF book publishing has undergone a boom recently, and sometimes it's easier for new writers to sell a book to a local publisher first, which then makes a US edition more likely. Votes: 0

I was so naive about writing, I went to the public library and checked out the only volume they had on the topic - an academic treatise about publishing from the WWII era. Votes: 0

With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was. Votes: 0

I have a publishing company of books by me and books of others. It drew people to poetry readings and photo exhibitions and painting exhibitions that I've been doing for years before that. Votes: 0

In a two-year period, all my dreams came true: the birth of a son... publishing a best-selling book... launching a successful organization... joining the [Barack] Obama Administration... And then all my nightmares came true. Votes: 0

Not only are unpaid internships exploitative, they're one of the main forces keeping publishing in this country a primary white middle-class industry, which has a direct knock-on effect on what gets published and how. Votes: 0

Self-publishing is still my basic recommendation to anyone wanting to do comics. Do it. Do it until you get good. Do it after you get good. It's good for your spirit as a creator. Votes: 0

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. Votes: 0

I got a job working at a publishing company, Balmur Music, which was a company that Anne Murray was a co-owner in, as a tape copy guy. Eventually, I got fired from that job. Votes: 0

I live in a small country in Europe - Finland - and I don't speak English well and I had nothing to do with publishing houses in the West. I lived in complete isolation. Votes: 0

I love the fact publishers are still publishing unprofitable material. It's a challenge to the powers that be. It's saying there is a real literature in this country and we will keep publishing it. Votes: 0

The Internet is the ultimate vanity-publishing medium, and therefore, the ultimate place for those of us who like to watch. The Internet can reach an audience at lower cost than any medium before it. Votes: 0

Most people quit. If you don't quit, if you rewrite, if you keep publishing in fancier places, you will understand that "What's the secret?" is not the question, which is, "Are you having fun?" Votes: 0

I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works. Votes: 0

I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in fiction, was that there wasn't room for what I wanted to write. Votes: 0

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought. Votes: 0

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest Votes: 0

I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monumental force in American publishing, if not in literature. Votes: 0

[Bill Jensen] shared his extensive publishing background with me, and prayerfully offered to work out a proposal and to see if God opened any publishing doors? I never get over the unexpected ways of God. Votes: 0

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself. Votes: 0

When I started publishing, I got offers to write for big magazines. But I would always say, "Well, it's not that I don't want to write for these big magazines, but you can't edit it." Votes: 0

So, while I gave up the notions of publishing at that time, I never stopped editing and refining that book. A few years later, in 1987, I thought I had it ready to go out again. Votes: 0

I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest. Votes: 0

Acquiring an aggressive, honest, and communicative agent with actual relationships in real-live New York publishing houses is, in my opinion, the single most important move that a writer who aspires to be successful can make. Votes: 0

When I went into the publishing industry, many women talked about the difficulty they had in persuading their families to let them go to college. They educated the boys, and the girls had to struggle. Votes: 0