#book

In 1986 we were trying to help women get in print, stay in print, and come to the attention of booksellers and libraries. At that time, books by men mystery writers were reviewed seven times as often as books by women. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#books #booksellers #come #get #help

Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#among #awareness #books #contacts #create

No agent wants to see a book until he or she has decided whether to pursue the relationship. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#book #decided #pursue #relationship #see

The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are. ↗

— Sara Paretsky

#agent #agents #america #best #book

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm. ↗

— Robyn Davidson

#apply #book #make #own #produce

They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming back three years later and saying, 'Paint it this color!' ↗

— Robert B. Parker

#back #be kind #book #color #coming

Facebook isn't helping you make new connections, Facebook doesn't develop new relationships, Facebook is just trying to be the most accurate model of your social graph. There's a part of me that feels somewhat bored by all of this. ↗

— Sean Parker

#bored #connections #develop #facebook #feels

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. ↗

— Theodore Parker

#help #make #most #think #those

I love story songs because I've always loved books. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#because #books #i #i love #love

I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape for a novel: put a bunch of people in a beautiful place, give them all tuberculosis, make them all stay in a fur sleeping bag for several years and see what happens. ↗

— Ann Patchett

#beautiful #beautiful place #book #bunch #fur