publishing

In the end, what makes a book valuable is not the paper it__ printed on, but the thousands of hours of work by dozens of people who are dedicated to creating the best possible reading experience for you.

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

Dream up a book on Monday, publish it on Friday.

Bad writing, it is easily verified, has never kept scholarship from being published.

Cars did not kill off horses. Digital publishing will not kill off books.

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress.

As the Kindle's dread grip on digital publishing is challenged by tablet computers and Android smartphones, with their bright screens and high resolution, the need for illustration is growing.

Online review sites are the slushpiles of feedback.

If you wrote something for which someone sent you a cheque, if you cashed the cheque and it didn't bounce, and if you then paid the light bill with the money, I consider you talented.

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

I often think publishing a book is like doing a poo. Once it's ready for the world, you have to relinquish that control and let nature take its course. A few will be impressed by your creation, others will be disgusted. Plus, no one will enjoy your success and achievement in producing it as much as you did.

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

A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down.

Content is King. Promotion is Queen

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor is it a profession.

You have made some notes, read some writing books, and done some research. Mostly what you've done is talk about writing a book. An idea for a book is not a book; it is a waste of time. There is no singular thing that makes someone a writer, but there is one thing that makes someone a joke--talking about writing a book without doing any work.

Readers have a loyalty that cannot be matched anywhere else in the creative arts, which explains why so many writers who have run out of gas can keep coasting anyway, propelled on to the bestseller lists by the magic words AUTHOR OF on the covers of their books.

It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.