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The hardest thing about writing a novel is getting it published. — Marianne Cushing

It's not about the size of your book, It's about the substance in it. — Bernard Kelvin Clive

When I was 16, I started publishing all kinds of things in school magazines. — Margaret Atwood

As a book author, it's your responsibility to cast a vision for your book about the length and appearance before you pitch the idea to a publisher. — W. Terry Whalin

A new regulation for the publishing industry: The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed. — Calvin Trillin

Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors. — Dan Brown

The original version of 'The White Mountains' was probably just about worth publishing. — John Christopher

Well, all I need is the air I breathe and a place to rest my head. — Hal Leonard Publishing Company

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

Rehearsing a play is making the word flesh. Publishing a play is reversing the process. — Peter Shaffer

Publishing had been successful where there had been natural geographic monopolies. — Joe Mansueto

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

I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing. — Mary Sage Nguyen

New York is the Hollywood of the publishing industry, complete with stars, starlets, suicidal publishers/producers, intrigues, and a lot of money. — Aleksandar Hemon

The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success. — A. Scott Berg

I've thought of publishing a book of my hate mail, but I don't own the rights to the letters. — Alan Dershowitz

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing. — Adriana Trigiani

the Supreme Alpha Male it's my duty to protect them, so I created this island — Curvy Love Publishing

I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think. — Thomas B. Macaulay

I like businesses in transition, first of all. If ever there were a business in transition, it is publishing. — Barry Diller

Blogging got the concept of personal publishing, but it didn't really take advantage of the network. — Evan Williams

The anomaly is that, as a publishing venture, comics are not doing very well. As a venture that supplies other media, they're incredible. — Dennis O'Neil

Can you tie your cherry stem into a knot, boys? — Kali Willows

The trick isn't to simply publish a book; the trick is to produce a quality book package to surround the book's content — Hank Quense

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

People can't read a book if they don't know it exists. All authors need to do marketing, regardless of how they published. — Jo Linsdell

What can I say? Watching you play rugby makes me horny."

His fingers lightly stroked her back. "In that case, I'll get you a season pass. — Amy Andrews

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. — Nicholas Sparks

Every famous writer was once an unknown writer. If publishers never published new writers, they wouldn't be publishing anyone at all after a while. — Victoria Strauss

Everything published goes down the same chute out of the overbright glare of publicity into oblivion. — John Dos Passos

A strong and variegated publishing environment helps create deliberative, reflective societies. Publishing — Michael Bhaskar

People eat nuts squirrels are nuts — Gage Educational Publishing

I publish my own books, so there isn't a certain editor I owe the book to at a publishing house. — Dave Eggers

Yes, the world is now flat for publishing as well. — Thomas Friedman

An author's strong belief and enthusiasm will affect the writing of the book and often the publisher's commitment to it. — Sterling Lord

No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself. — Elinor Florence

Birthday sex is my speciality. — Amy Andrews

I worked in publishing before I became an author, so I knew how a book gets made. — Lauren Oliver

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

Never dislike anything in life because you may struggle when you get it. — DK Publishing

A man's sexual organ is penis and woman's sexual organ is brains. — DK Publishing

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book. — Tibor Fischer

Don't kiss me again," she begged softly as she stood. — Iris Blobel

I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing. — Mallory Ortberg

Drop by Bell's for an Irish Kiss anytime. The best in England — JoAnne Kenrick

I think the publishing industry is dismayingly like the movie business. It grows more corporate by the day. — Matthew Specktor

One of the best book marketing tips I can give you is simply building relationships - well that and publishing more books. — Heather Hart

I've always felt that good writing does not have to be literary. — Sara Sheridan

I'm tired of the anonymity of being an unpublished author. I crave the anonymity of being self-published. — Tristan Durie

Publishing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. — Don Marquis

A key function of a publishing brand is the bestowal of status by who and what you pay attention to. — Tim O'Reilly

I'm happy to report that 'The New Press' is still in business to this day. But not thanks to me. I was a really bad publishing intern. — Lev Grossman

What sells a book sells a book, same in traditional or self-publishing. You gotta shake your tail feathers. — Joni Rodgers

Publishing the lyric books, poetry or comics of other musicians I know. That's the thing I really want to break into! — Frank Iero

Because all of us are so ready to talk about the world we live in. We are ready to have a publishing industry that is of that world. — Mira Jacob

Turning a manuscript into a book is easy; getting the manuscript ready to become a book is hard. — A.P. Fuchs

I wanted to highlight that whole dreadful process in book publishing that 'nothing succeeds like success.' — Doris Lessing

The job of an editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world. — John Hall Wheelock

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes. — Sean Parker

A good book is not the same as a successful one. — Johnny Rich

That is simply the most beautiful publishing office in the world, with that cranky old building in that wonderful park. — Jim Harrison

The good news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself. The bad news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself. — Lori Lesko

Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others — KJV Publishing

I do think people should be proud and supportive of their friends, in publishing and everywhere else. — Kristan Higgins

It's interesting that the book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had. — Edgar Bronfman Jr.

Publishing a book is like being pregnant. By the end, you're just ready to get that baby out! — Carmen DeSousa

At heart, Pearson is in the intellectual property business, be it through publishing books or the 'Financial Times'. — Marjorie Scardino

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth publishing. — Alan Paton

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing. — Christy Romano

You are not too small. No one is ever too small to offer help. — Emlyn Chand

Editing is the most companionable form of education. — Ed Weeks

Yelling is a form of publishing — Margaret Atwood

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. — Sara Sheridan

Sometimes, I'll hear from other writers or folks in the publishing industry that my books are rule-breakers, which I take as a compliment. — Kristan Higgins

Persistence can look a lot like stupid. — Kristen Lamb

Rejection is no badge of honour. — Johnny Rich

The borders between different countries are, in truth, not real. They are a by-product of the ego. — Christopher Dines

I had a publishing history of murder mysteries. — Alan Furst

Is this okay?"

Dex blinked. Okay? She couldn't have been any more
okay had she been dipped in marshmallow and rolled in coconut. — Amy Andrews

For years, we in publishing have been hearing from Catholic readers that they really yearn for Catholic fiction. — Regina Doman

I worked for a publishing company in Hollywood. — Mac Davis

As soon as you start publishing, you are the star and so people see you that way. — Jeffrey Walker

Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like 'Ebony' and 'Jet' magazines. — Desiree Rogers

I don't Twitter or blog. I'm bad at small talk, and don't have good 'chat'. Talk to me about publishing, and I can go on for hours. — Andrew Wylie

Digital distribution has widened the reading world. — Sara Sheridan

Nobody sells books like J.K. Rowling. We have a rule in publishing: Never compare anything to 'Harry Potter' because it's like lightning in a bottle. — Cassandra Clare

In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even have a website then. — Gabrielle Zevin

Originally, there were no man-made borders to divide and segregate lands on this beautiful planet. — Christopher Dines

I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house. — Vince Flynn

Publishers are businesses and I don't blame them for that. If they didn't make money by publishing books, there wouldn't be any books. — Johnny Rich

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver. — Kiran Desai

Blogging isn't about publishing as much as you can. It's about publishing as smart as you can. — Jon Morrow

I didn't think before that I'd done enough to justify publishing an autobiography but after 40 years in show business I'm now ready to tell my story. — Cilla Black

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher. — Jeffery Deaver

Digital publishing allows an author a new platform for which the words of one heart can be shared with all souls of the world. — Molly Friedenfeld

Writing is a solitary endeavor, being an author is not. — Karen A. Chase

Authors today need a publisher as much as they need a tapeworm in their guts. — Rayne Hall

MR. GEORGE MOTHER MARGARET — Lake Union Publishing

I cannot claim to have had a hard time publishing. — Alice Walker

In the publishing world, most editors are probably women. So I don't see the publishing world as a male-dominated one, especially within fiction. — Emma Donoghue