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

But jackets are the redheaded stepchildren of book publishing. We blame them for everything. — Gabrielle Zevin

You'll learn that the key to a great book is editing - grinding, buffing, and polishing - not writing. — Guy Kawasaki

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

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. — Vince Flynn

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

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

We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art. — Michael Korda

Writing is about you. Publishing is about the book. Marketing is about the reader. — Joanna Penn

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. — V.S. Naipaul

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

Although I now call him 'Sting' to his face, I can still distinguish 'Sting' from 'Gordon Sumner'. — James Berryman

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

You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one. — Jayce O'Neal

Hook your editor with a strong opening sentence to bring attention to your writing. — W. Terry Whalin

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. — Maria Mitchell

I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing. — Daniel Clowes

Again, the opportunity has come to start off with our best. Make sure all the 365 pages of your book are worth the writing; as well publishing for. — Kaushal Yadav

Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part. — Jay Taylor

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first. — Seth Godin

It may take a village to raise a baby, but hell! it takes an army to produce a book. — Sara Sheridan

OK, publishing a book and releasing a movie is all very well, but Tottenham beating Man. U. 3-2 ... priceless. — Salman Rushdie

My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book. — Jessa Crispin

Writing a book and not publishing it, is like building a boat and never sailing it - UNTHINKABLE! — Tony Jones

There is only two kind of #books .First one is by some #famous person and Second one makes a person #famous . — Tushar Upreti

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. — George Orwell

No book or magazine article is for "everyone" so know your audience, then target them with your writing. — W. Terry Whalin

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anyone who says it's easy to self-publish a book is either lying or doing a shitty job. — Nan McCarthy

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

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

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

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

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

After publishing a book, start writing the next. And repeat. Don't get hung up on overmarketing the books, focus more on getting more books out there — Crissi Langwell

The size of your audience is more important than the size of your book — Bernard Kelvin Clive

What is true for book publishing is true for civilization: the books that survive the test of time are humanity's backlist, our collective memory. — Jason Epstein