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Sonny Mehta
Indian
Editor
Born:
1943
Book
Books
Great
Life
Time
World
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There is something attractive about taking risks.
Sonny Mehta
Risks
Taking Risks
About
Something
Taking
Attractive
I've started taking long walks in the park, which is quite wonderful.
Sonny Mehta
Wonderful
Long
Walks
Park
Taking
Quite
Which
Started
There is such a very large quantity of books clamouring for a buyer's attention that publishers have relied more and more on support such as blurbs as a way of getting an independent recommendation from a familiar name, much in the same way that Amazon.com will send an e-mail recommending Book A to a customer who's already purchased Book B.
Sonny Mehta
Book
Will
Books
Way
Independent
Recommendation
Purchased
More
More And More
Support
Attention
Name
Quantity
Very
Familiar
Same
Send
Getting
Customer
Much
Large
Publishers
Buyer
The original publication of 'The DaVinci Code' preceded the e-book era.
Sonny Mehta
Era
Original
Publication
Code
There isn't really a whole lot to know about me.
Sonny Mehta
Me
About
Know
Lot
Really
Whole
One of the great things about New York is this wonderful park we have.
Sonny Mehta
Great
Wonderful
Great Things
About
Park
New
York
New York
Things
Most writers of entertainment fiction tend to receive controversial reviews.
Sonny Mehta
Entertainment
Tend
Writers
Most
Reviews
Controversial
Fiction
Receive
We all have our notions of sport. If I'd wanted to make my living climbing mountains, I wouldn't have gone into publishing. Most of the time, you're sitting in a dark room reading a manuscript.
Sonny Mehta
Time
You
Dark
Reading
Mountains
Gone
Living
Our
Most
Sport
Make
Climbing
Sitting
Wanted
Room
Notions
Manuscript
Publishing
'French Women Don't Get Fat' has become something of a phenomenon.
Sonny Mehta
Women
Become
Something
French
French Women
Get
Fat
Phenomenon
Americans are tired of fad diets, counting calories, and living within restrictive guidelines about carbs and fat. They are turning to Mireille Guiliano for her sensible and admittedly contrarian advice on eating well.
Sonny Mehta
Tired
Advice
Living
Guidelines
Eating
Admittedly
About
Restrictive
Fad
Counting
Well
Within
Calories
American
Diets
Sensible
Turning
Carbs
Her
Fat
Terrorism has come to publishing. It is a grave concern when criticism is turned to mortal threats.
Sonny Mehta
Terrorism
Criticism
Threats
Mortal
Come
Concern
Turned
Grave
Publishing
Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life, and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world.
Sonny Mehta
Life
World
Will
Inspiration
Remarkable
Readers
Around
Prove
Achievements
Lived
Her
'The War' is a stunning achievement in filmmaking.
Sonny Mehta
War
Achievement
Stunning
Filmmaking
I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.
Sonny Mehta
Me
Think
Others
Books
Marketing
More
Selling
Than
Interest
Notion
Just because we're Knopf doesn't mean we shouldn't sell books as well as any other publisher in the land.
Sonny Mehta
Other
Books
Well
Because
Sell
Any
Just
Just Because
Mean
Land
Publisher
I am still convinced I have the best job in the world.
Sonny Mehta
Best
World
Job
Am
Still
Convinced
Sometimes you find something new, and you just say, 'Wow.'
Sonny Mehta
You
Sometimes
Say
Find
Wow
Something
Something New
New
Just
The biggest kick is reading something new and exciting and then getting other people to share your enthusiasm. Beyond all the cant and hypocrisy in publishing, that's what it's all about.
Sonny Mehta
People
Enthusiasm
Hypocrisy
Reading
Other
Kick
About
Something
Something New
Share
Exciting
New
Beyond
Getting
Biggest
Cant
Then
Your
Publishing
Knopf is solidly profitable, and that is how I intend to keep it.
Sonny Mehta
How
Intend
Keep
Profitable
I didn't think I would be an exceptional writer, and I thought I might be a useful publisher. I've never regretted it.
Sonny Mehta
Thought
Think
Would
Would-Be
Exceptional
Writer
Never
Might
Regretted
Useful
Publisher
At Knopf, everything is inherited.
Sonny Mehta
Everything
Inherited
We think continuity's important.
Sonny Mehta
Important
Think
Continuity
As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish.
Sonny Mehta
Work
Champion
Job
Publish
See
Always
Been
Authors
'Dispatches' is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century and the most brilliant treatment of war and men I have ever read.
Sonny Mehta
War
Brilliant
Men
Most
Read
Century
Works
Twentieth
Twentieth Century
Ever
Treatment
It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive.
Sonny Mehta
Book
World
Digital
Thrive
Revolution
Changing
Constantly
Able
Rise
Seems
Only
Been
Stores
Whether
Decline
Fortunately
Chain
Publishing
Adapt
Hillary Clinton is one of the most compelling figures in the world today... and Carl Bernstein's stunning portrait shows us, for the first time, the true trajectory of her life and career.
Sonny Mehta
Life
Today
Time
World
First
True
Most
Stunning
Hillary
Hillary Clinton
First Time
Clinton
Trajectory
Us
Figures
Shows
Her
Compelling
Portrait
Career
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