230 Quotes About Publishing

Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.

The self-addressed stamped envelope. The representation of everything that was wrong with the old publishing industry.

Writing is such a solitary occupation that it takes a long time to build up a group of professional peers with whom you genuinely identify.

I don't choose between my house phone and my mobile. I don't choose between my laptop and my notebook. And I don't intend to choose between my e-reader and my bookshelf.

This is the cusp of an age at least as exciting and as brimful of potential as the early days of the printing press.

Readership is highly dependent upon format and distribution as much as it is on content.

We have more choice than ever before about where and how we buy and read books.

For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it.

I am completely unflustered by whichever medium people choose to read my words. I'm just delighted they're reading them at all!