Publishing Quotes

Publishing is definitely something you do because you enjoy educating or entertaining people.

Turning a manuscript into a book is easy getting the manuscript ready to become a book is hard.

A vision of the little house in Soho flickered across his mind’s eye, his mother at a desk, writing in her journal, with hazy sunlight streaming through the morning windows. The woman inhabited a world he had once thought his own – a world of publishers and reliable suppliers. A London that was confident and competent amid its grey, puddle-strewn streets.

Only a few short years ago, the average stay-at-home mom spent her relaxation time reading Jackie Collins and staring at the pool boy. Now, half of them are outselling Jackie Collins writing porn about the pool boy.The other half are writing reviews of

Indie publishing lets me feed my inner control freak.

Teams that spend a lot of time learning the tricks of the trade will probably never really learn the trade.

The world’s greatest achievers have been those who have always stayed focussed on their goals and have been consistent in their efforts.

I would not employ an author to referee a Ping-Pong match. By their very nature they are biased and bloody-minded. Better put a fox in a henhouse than to ask an author to judge his peers. (in a letter to the Governor General about the GA's Literary Awards & his issue--among others--with the judging system, 1981)

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

Write from the heart. A book without a pulse is like a person without a spirit." Linda Radke, President of Five Star Publications

It is bound to be a failure, every book is a failure, but I do know with some clarity what kind of book I want to write.

By their very nature, idiots do not have the intellectual capacity to identify genius. All that idiots are mentally equipped to recognize are other idiots.

Technically, you cannot really own a book you bought; you can only own the sheets of paper your copy is printed on; unless, of course, you are the book’s publisher.

It's called publishing. It's how smart people install new ideas into other peoples brains.

We do not like the truth because it is simple, we do not want the truth because it is hard, and we do not trust the truth because it is free. Perhaps because many are idealists and publishing is so frustrating, writers are particularly vulnerable to believing in those who offer hope in exchange for cash. Writers know life is tough and we all want to think of an easier way. Maybe for a rare few, there is. If you count on that, you are a chump and somebody is going to take your money and break your heart.

Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

There are three certainties in a writer's life: death, taxes, and rejection letters.

Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.

Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing.

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