Quotes About Publishing

And before that, there was, oh, I don't know, editors experiencing demonic possessions and devouring lagging midlist writers. It's always something.

I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

A lot of manuscripts that come in, you wonder by what outrageous fantasy the author believes that this should be pressed into print.

This is the most beautiful thing we'll ever have to publish. Let us print it if it's the last effort of our lives! -on publishing Ulysses

A lot of poets published their own work then; unlike novels, poetry was short, and therefore cheap to do. We had to print each poem separately, and then disassemble it, as there were not enough a's for the whole book; the cover was done with a lino-block. We printed 250 copies, and sold them through bookstores, for 50 cents each. They now go in the rare book trade for eighteen hundred dollars a pop. Wish I'd kept some.

I swear, Papa, I'd give my virtue if it would get my novels published,' she exclaimed in vexation. 'I'm certain we've tried everything else.

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

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

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.

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

As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything.

Chicken Soup for the Soul". You've heard of these books, am I right? We've all heard of them. But I wonder if you're aware of just how many "Chicken Soup" books exist on the planet. No offense, but I doubt it. I doubt it because in the time it would take you to come up with a number, the number would have become obsolete. Even as you read this, in some quiet, fecund place, another "Chicken Soup" book is being born.

I like reading Ball Tongue lyrics and all that stuff. And they published a book, and I wouldn't give my lyrics, and it's all wrong in the book, and I giggle. It's funny.

I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I am a writer. Look, if it were all good, you'd be paying twice as much for this book.

I wrote a few children's books... not on purpose.

I just wrote a book. But don't go and buy it yet, because I don't think it's finished.

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.

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

There is no future for e-books, because they are not books. E-books smell like burned fuel.

One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big and small - that are producing and designing amazing books.

Our goal is to publish African poets in as many ways as possible.

book finally took shape. The contributions of Susan Ginsburg, my agent, are incalculable and very much appreciated

I hate those e-books. They cannot be the future. They may well be.

Statistics show this isn't a reasonable incentive. According to the website Publishing Explained, more than one million manuscripts are currently searching for a U.S. publisher. One percent of these will get the nod. Nor