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Publisher Quotes

My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert Picture Quote #1

I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir Picture Quote #1

The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody’s a publisher Picture Quote #1

As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife’s money and little bits I was picking up for journalism Picture Quote #1

I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch Picture Quote #1

I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder if the potential advantages are really going to happen as quickly as they ought Picture Quote #1

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It’s really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work Picture Quote #1

When a publisher spends an inordinate amount on an acquisition, it will do everything in its power to make that project a market success Picture Quote #1

If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn’t, maybe you need a different publisher Picture Quote #1

I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are only read by very young children or stupid adults. And therefore, we have to keep the stories very simplistic. And that was the thing I hated Picture Quote #1

What the podcast novelists do isn’t all that different from what self-publishers do. We put the books out in different formats, but the goal is the same: build an audience and attract a publisher Picture Quote #1

Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn’t do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make Picture Quote #1

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A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can’t name a major publisher who didn’t reject it Picture Quote #1

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women Picture Quote #1

Booksellers are tied to publishing - they need conventional publishing models to continue - but for those companies, that’s not the case. Amazon is an infrastructure company; Apple sells hardware; Google is really an advertising company. You can’t afford as a publisher to have those companies control your route to market Picture Quote #1

$Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and Ã&fnof;Â¼ber-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso’s comms director, is helping us out with press publicity; Soraya Gilanni, who mainly does production and set design for films and commercials, is our art director Picture Quote #1$

Authors can get an attitude of us-against-them when it comes to publishers, but learning how authors and editors can work together taught me to look at my work in a different way and to make that work as solid as possible before it ever goes to the publisher Picture Quote #1

The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody’s a publisher Picture Quote #1

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I have one very bad experience with a U.K. publisher, who gave it out to be understood that she wanted to publish my book and made me do a lot of changes, all outside a contract, only to reject it in the end Picture Quote #1

Every publisher or agent I’ve ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don’t want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse Picture Quote #1

Authors change publishers because it’s like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t think anyone will believe me, but I’ve never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book Picture Quote #1

The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we’re constantly testing, trying new things Picture Quote #1

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If you’re going to have a book published in China, that means that you’re going to be subject to in-house censorship at the publisher, and then also, of course, the government has an apparatus that is in charge of making sure that ideas that are considered disruptive or overly critical, that those don’t get onto bookstore shelves Picture Quote #1

In my ideal world, my next novel would have a first printing of, say, 2,500 hardcovers for reviewers, libraries, collectors, and autograph hounds. The publisher could print more copies if they get low. And simultaneously, or six weeks later, the book would be available in paperback Picture Quote #1

If you’ve written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a ‘feminine’ image on the cover, it ‘types’ the book Picture Quote #1

With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher Picture Quote #1

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My grandfather was a newspaper publisher and his paper had all the comics in NYC, so some of my earliest memories are of reading the family paper and heading straight for the comics insert (Publisher Quotes) I had a very high-grade publisher tell me I was incapable of writing a memoir (Publisher Quotes) The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody’s a publisher (Publisher Quotes) As I said, I had no publisher for What a Carve Up! while I was writing it, so all we had to live off was my wife’s money and little bits I was picking up for journalism (Publisher Quotes) I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch (Publisher Quotes) I had a talk with the president of my publisher, and he averred that e-books are dropping off . So I wonder if the potential advantages are really going to happen as quickly as they ought (Publisher Quotes) It’s really inspiring to know that your publisher is so behind you. It makes you want to put forth your best work (Publisher Quotes) When a publisher spends an inordinate amount on an acquisition, it will do everything in its power to make that project a market success (Publisher Quotes) If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your publisher doesn’t, maybe you need a different publisher (Publisher Quotes) I had been writing comic books for years and I was doing them to please a publisher, who felt that comics are only read by very young children or stupid adults. And therefore, we have to keep the stories very simplistic. And that was the thing I hated (Publisher Quotes) What the podcast novelists do isn’t all that different from what self-publishers do. We put the books out in different formats, but the goal is the same: build an audience and attract a publisher (Publisher Quotes) Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn’t do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make (Publisher Quotes) A Wrinkle in Time was almost never published. You can’t name a major publisher who didn’t reject it (Publisher Quotes) Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women. (Publisher Quotes) Booksellers are tied to publishing - they need conventional publishing models to continue - but for those companies, that’s not the case. Amazon is an infrastructure company; Apple sells hardware; Google is really an advertising company. You can’t afford as a publisher to have those companies control your route to market. (Publisher Quotes) Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and ÃƒÂ¼ber-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso’s comms director, is helping us out with press publicity; Soraya Gilanni, who mainly does production and set design for films and commercials, is our art director. (Publisher Quotes) Authors can get an attitude of us-against-them when it comes to publishers, but learning how authors and editors can work together taught me to look at my work in a different way and to make that work as solid as possible before it ever goes to the publisher. (Publisher Quotes) The professionals are going to be joined by the average Joe. Everybody’s a publisher. (Publisher Quotes) I have one very bad experience with a U.K. publisher, who gave it out to be understood that she wanted to publish my book and made me do a lot of changes, all outside a contract, only to reject it in the end. (Publisher Quotes) Every publisher or agent I’ve ever met told me the same thing - that Irish readers don’t want to read about the bad old days of the Troubles; neither do the English and Americans - they only want to read about the Ireland of The Quiet Man, when red-haired widows are riding bicycles and everyone else is on a horse. (Publisher Quotes) Authors change publishers because it’s like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books. (Publisher Quotes) 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. (Publisher Quotes) I don’t think anyone will believe me, but I’ve never been pressured by a publisher to churn out a book. (Publisher Quotes) The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we’re constantly testing, trying new things. (Publisher Quotes) If you’re going to have a book published in China, that means that you’re going to be subject to in-house censorship at the publisher, and then also, of course, the government has an apparatus that is in charge of making sure that ideas that are considered disruptive or overly critical, that those don’t get onto bookstore shelves. (Publisher Quotes) In my ideal world, my next novel would have a first printing of, say, 2,500 hardcovers for reviewers, libraries, collectors, and autograph hounds. The publisher could print more copies if they get low. And simultaneously, or six weeks later, the book would be available in paperback. (Publisher Quotes) If you’ve written a powerful book about a woman and your publisher then puts a ‘feminine’ image on the cover, it ‘types’ the book. (Publisher Quotes) I got Elliott Smith’s photography book as a gift before. The publisher of that book’s logo were glasses, and those glasses came to my mind when I was thinking of having a tattoo. (Publisher Quotes) With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact - often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher. (Publisher Quotes) We as artists are actively encouraged - by other authors, your agent, publisher, and society - not to think about money, strategy, how to manage your career, how to create a brand, because we’re supposed to focus on the art. (Publisher Quotes)

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