107 Publisher Quotes for You to Enjoy

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. Greg Egan

I had this grand plan for writing the history of the United States in six volumes. This was in the mid-1990s; I was fairly young and very ambitious. I pitched it to a publisher, who just laughed at me. H. W. Brands

As soon as I finished 'The Finkler Question,' I was in despair. I'd changed my English publisher because they'd been lukewarm about it and not offered enough money. The American publisher didn't like it. The Canadian publisher didn't like it... I'd been bleeding readers since my first novel, and I could see my own career going down. Howard Jacobson

Money Finished First Own Down Changed Despair Enough Enough Money See About My Own Could Soon Bleeding Since Like Readers Because Been Question Offered Canadian American Going English Novel Lukewarm Publisher Career

I wrote my first full book when I was fourteen, and that was 'Obernewtyn.' It was also the first book I had published. It was accepted by the first publisher I sent it to, and it was short listed for Children's Book of the Year in the older readers category in Australia. Isobelle Carmody

Book First Year Older Had Category Also Wrote Readers Accepted Australia Listed Short Children Sent Full Published Publisher Fourteen

When a single author uploading his own books to Amazon can earn more money than a large N.Y. publisher exploiting both print and e-rights, there's something amiss. J. A. Konrath

Money Single Own Earn Books Something More Both Print His Amazon Than Author Exploiting Large Publisher

If a traditional publisher offered me a quarter of a million dollars for a novel, I'd consider it. But anything less than that, I'm sure I can do better on my own. J. A. Konrath

Me Better Own Consider My Own Sure Quarter Traditional Dollars Offered Than Anything Less Novel Publisher Million Million Dollars

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read. Jackie Collins

Me Book Finished First Critic Bestseller About Finishing Never He Instant Most Read Became Accepted Male Encouraged Friends Shocking Confident Away Ever Publisher Right Right Away

I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently. Jackie Collins

Book Invent Final Completed About Something Write He Know Because Beforehand Up Very Ends After Ask Publisher Differently

Even after the text is written, there are a tremendous number of stages along the way to the finished book. If a publisher cares about the finished product, none of them will be omitted. Jane Lindskold

Book Will Finished Cares Tremendous Way About Finished Product Written Along None Text After Stages Them Product Even Publisher Number

As a publisher, you have no direct relationship with advertisers. Jason Calacanis

Relationship You Direct Advertiser Publisher

No, my publisher has always done the marketing. Jean M. Auel

Marketing Always Done Publisher

Whether it's a song you write or a television show or a movie or professional wrestling, there are three components to IP law. There is publishing, there are writers, and there are performers. The publisher is always the owner. Jeff Jarrett

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book. Jeff Kinney

Me Book Writing Thinking Back Adult Written Look Years Childhood Eight Children Nostalgic Informed Then Publisher

I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I've written fiction, but I couldn't get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won't buy it. Jeffrey Zeldman

I signed with Big Yellow Dog and have been with them for years. The president of the company is a woman named Carla Wallace, who is an amazing publisher who just has a knack for female artists. Jessie James Decker

The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it. Jim Harrison

War Peace Chapter Old Made Rest Somebody First Typed Recognized Out Only Up Sent Then Fun Fun Thing Publisher Thing

When people heard id Software's being acquired, everybody just assumed it would be Activision or EA. Why would we even consider going with a publisher that wasn't of that same size? John Carmack

People Assumed Everybody Software Consider Would Would-Be ID Heard Same Going Just Being Size Acquired Even Why Publisher

Putting out compilation records, buying the right to music is incredibly complicated. You have to find the writer of the song and the publisher of the song - not the singer - and make two separate deals. John Waters

Music You Song Complicated Incredibly Out Find Records Writer Putting Singer Make Deals Separate Publisher Right Buying Two Compilation

There used to be rather serious firewalls between the artist and the buying public - the gallery, the publisher. And technology demolishes that wall and basically says, 'Self-promote or die.' And that is a bad head for any sort of artist to be forced into. Jonathan Franzen

Technology Says Bad Rather Head Between Forced Sort Wall Die Any Artist Public Gallery Used Serious Publisher Buying Basically

An e-book distributor is not a publisher, but rather a purveyor of work that has already been created. Jonathan Galassi

Work Distributor Rather Been Created Publisher

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