230 Quotes About Publishing

An author’s strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher’s commitment to it.

It’s rare that I hear the author blame the real culprit: themselves. It’s hard to admit but it’s the first step toward selling more books and understanding who bears the true responsibility for selling books—the author.

Peter [Peter Ginna] has been a book editor for over 30 years. He has worked at Bloomsbury USA, Oxford University Press, Crown Publishers, and St. Martin's Press. Authors he has worked with include James McPherson, David Hackett Fischer, David Oshinsky, Daniel Ellsberg (my client), and Suze Orman.

Peter [Ginna, Peter]has been a book editor for over 30 years. He has worked at Bloomsbury USA, Oxford University Press, Crown Publishers, and St. Martin's Press. Authors he has worked with include James McPherson, David Hackett Fischer, David Oshinsky, Daniel Ellsberg (my client), and Suze Orman.

In publishing, it doesn't matter which publisher published a book. In the end, if the book resonates with an audience, it is the work itself that matters. - Kailin Gow on Writing and Publishing.

I judge the quality of my work by the quality of the people that follow it. If my readers are the most amazing people on Earth, I am surely doing a very good job and I have all the right to be proud about it.

A person who wrote badly did better than a person who does not write at all. A bad writing can be corrected. An empty page remains an empty page.

One alphabet at a time, you can write an encyclopaedia. One word at a time, you can publish an entire library.

You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.