Quotes about Publishing

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Avoid the RTP Syndrome. When you rush to Publish, you rush to mistakes and chaos. Guaranteed. — Judith Briles, Snappy Sassy Salty: Wise Words for Authors and Writers
The big trinity of publishing: mystery, thrillers and romance. If you can combine all three, then it’s a winner’s trifec — Dermot Davis, Brain: The Man Who Wrote the Book That Changed the World
Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out! — Carmen DeSousa
We all hold a monster inside. The only difference is what form it takes when freed. — Mary Lindsey, Haven
Stop thinking “Outside the box” and look what is actually in the box first. You jump around from marketing gimmick to ma — Julie Ann Dawson
Josephy visited several leading Manhattan bookstores and sadly discovered the explanation [from his agent] to be general — Bobby Bridger, Where the Tall Grass Grows: Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West
I finished my first book seventy-six years ago. I offered it to every publisher on the English-speaking earth I had ever — George Bernard Shaw
In this age where people can become famous without doing anything, we are now encouraging a literary and publishing atmo — Daniel R. Thorne
When I finally did confront Mr. Arcott, after my return to Falchester, he had the cheek to try and argue that his intell — Marie Brennan, The Voyage of the Basilisk
Author branding is the process of positioning an author as the center of attraction and influence, to be the preferred c — Bernard Kelvin Clive
Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing. — Evgeny Morozov, To Save Everything, Click Here: The Folly of Technological Solutionism
It’s always the end of the world,” said Russell Grandinetti, one of Amazon’s top executives. “You could set your watch o — Russell Grandinetti
Readers have a loyalty that cannot be matched anywhere else in the creative arts, which explains why so many writers who — Stephen King, Bag of Bones
Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession. — Henry R. Luce
As the Kindle's dread grip on digital publishing is challenged by tablet computers and Android smartphones, with their b — Chris Riddell
I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress. — Deborah Moggach
Cars did not kill off horses. Digital publishing will not kill off books. — Michael A. Stackpole