Book Industry Quotes

“When a woman reads a romance novel, she is putting her own pleasure first. That small act of rebellion is perceived as a threat to the status quo. It’s also why this eternally popular and profitable genre has been scorned, ridiculed and dismissed.”
― Maya Rodale

“He talked about the book industry as if it were a dragon that was chained in the basement, and would tear us limb from limb at any moment.”
― Caroline O'Donoghue, The Rachel Incident

“The question people who weren’t in the business always asked: which one is your favorite? Meaning the best. As if she could ever separate the story from the conversations with the author, the dinner she was eating when she read it for the first time, the negotiation of the deal, the first sight of the cover, the reviews, the book events, the faces in the audience. The thought, I made this happen, even if none of the words were ever hers.”
― Erica Bauermeister, No Two Persons