Book Business Quotes

“Without the book business it would be difficult or impossible for true books to find their true readers and without that solitary (and potentially subversive) alone with a book the whole razzmatazz of prizes, banquets, television spectaculars, bestseller lists, even literature courses, editors and authors, are all worthless. Unless a book finds lovers among those solitary readers, it will not live . . . or live for long.”
― John McGahern, Love of the World: Essays

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

“The [publishing] industry has come a long way. It's still kind of BS.”
― Marlon James