Gore Verbinski

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.

American Director

Geoff Dyer

When I started writing, the deal was that publishers gave you a grand or two as an advance to buy some sweets, with the promise that they would make a big putsch with your fourth book when you'd built up a bit of a following. But by the time my fourth book came out, previously unpublished authors were the new big thing.

English Writer

John Battelle

Brand marketers don't believe that ad-tech companies view brands as true partners. Ad-tech companies think brand marketers are paying attention to the wrong things. And publishers, with a few important exceptions, feel taken advantage of by everyone.

American Businessman

Jackie Collins

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher right away and became an instant bestseller. One male critic called it the most shocking book he ever read.

British Author

Jonathan Galassi

I think publishers need to be the ones that publish the books and control that process: finding writers, helping them with their work, finding readers. I think writers need that.

American Publisher

John Hodgman

Publishers, editors, agents all have one thing in common, aside from their love of cocktail parties. It's an incredible taste and an ability to find and nurture authors.

American Comedian

Emma Donoghue

I remember a period where my publisher said to me, 'Look, your historical work is selling much better than your contemporary work, so please give us more historicals.

Irish Playwright

J. A. Konrath

Authors need to decide if they want to keep forever to themselves, or share forever with a publisher who takes over half the cover price.

American Writer

Harshvardhan Rane

My life has been pretty unconventional. The publishers saw a story in it, and yes, my life has been put in a book.

Indian Actor

Jeff Lindsay

I didn't expect any success at all. I was rejected by every publisher in the world and every agent in town.

American Playwright

Keep in mind that publishers specialize in different media, like books, music, or software.

Medium Specificity

Academic publishers are often associated with universities and focus on scholarly works.

Academic Context

Some publishers have high prestige, influencing how their publications are perceived.

Cultural Prestige

A publisher might fund projects, signaling their endorsement and commitment.

Sponsorship Role

A content publisher may distribute various forms like blogs, videos, or podcasts.

Variety of Content

Publishers now also manage digital formats, extending their traditional role.

Digital Shift

 Yes. Anders, I'm a former journalist, and to me, it's amazing that in the current climate of slashing budgets and publishers in crisis, Dagbladet has consented so many resources for this story, which tells a lot about newspapers taking the responsibility, but how did you sell it to your editors?

Two Nameless Bodies...

 there and this summer many of us showed up to confuse people by going and standing outside the Islamic community center near Ground Zero that you know is park51 one night one afternoon rather a very conservative right-wing cleric or pastor called Bill Keller not the publisher of the New

I am here to confuse you...

 that kid when to get published or saying wait until you're older my parents were really supportive many publishers were not quite so encouraging one large children's publisher ironically saying they didn't work with children might want to children's publisher not work

What adults can learn...

 or saying wait until you're older, my parents were really supportive. Many publishers were not quite so encouraging. One large children's publisher ironically said that they didn't work with children. Children's publisher not working with children?

 of video-driven evolution of skills, ranging from the physical to the artful. And I have to tell you, as a former publisher of hobbyist magazines, I find this strangely beautiful. I mean, there's a lot of passion right here on this screen.

Chris Anderson: How...

 and even hid Diderot's papers at his dad's house. Still, he faced years of difficulty. D'Alembert dropped out. Rousseau broke off his friendship over a line in a play. Worse yet, his publisher secretly edited some proofs

The controversial...

 we have a role to play in that. We are the ones who share the content. We are the ones who share the stories online. In this day and age, we're all publishers, and we have responsibility. In my job as a journalist,

How fake news does real...

 until the world changed and no one was much interested in any of that anymore the book he had hoped to write never got written he had his way of doing things and publishers had their way of doing

He Risked Death as First...

 That's a responsibility. And it's a responsibility that I don't take lightly. The book designer's responsibility is to the reader, to the publisher and, most of all, to the author.

The hilarious art of...

 Design done. And they went for it! Author liked it, publisher liked it, and that is how the book went out into the world,