#publishers

All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers. ↗

— Donald E. Westlake

#far #fewer #publishers #publishing #significant

Again, we turn down most books that have been self-published unless they have a special track record. We have taken a small number on, however, and sold them to major publishers for a nice sum. But that is an exception to the rule. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#been #books #down #exception #however

Publishers are notoriously slothful about numbers, unless they're attached to dollar signs - unlike journalists, quarterbacks, and felony criminal defendants who tend to be keenly aware of numbers at all times. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#money #publishers #publishing #money

I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people. ↗

— Kenneth Anger

#changing #firm #i #lawyer #legal

There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three. ↗

— Dan DeCarlo

#city #down #eleven #finally #five

I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that. ↗

— Otis Blackwell

#artist #back #best #figured #get

We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers. ↗

— Don Bluth

#lot #love #potential #publishers #really

My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#books #commissioned #kind #life #margaret

The Dancing Girls of Lahore was offered to dozens of British publishers and was turned down by everyone. It is still on offer in the U.K., but I'm not confident there will be any takers. ↗

— Louise Brown

#british #confident #dancing #down #dozens

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#directly #down #had #i #only