I think the publishing industry is dismayingly like the movie business. It grows more corporate by the day.
Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word "publishing" means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That's not a job anymore. That's a button. There's a button that says "publish," and when you press it, it's done.
Of course, people say maybe there are some self-published books out there that shouldn't be out there. Well, it's the same with conventional publishing.
Yelling is a form of publishing
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.
I just thought I'd take a break from publishing for a while.
Real journalism is publishing something that somebody else does not want published - the rest is just public relations.
Publishing requires a lot of persistence and a fair amount of luck.
To newspapers and publishing houses I urge the use of fact over fiction, freedom of the press, and responsibility at all times.
Twitter is the ultimate service for the mobile age. Its simplification and constraint of the publishing medium to 140 characters is perfectly complementary to a mobile experience. People still need longer stuff, but they see the headline on Twitter or Facebook.
My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.
Someone ought to publish a book about the doomsayers who keep publishing books about the end of publishing.
All of the changes in publishing since 1960 are significant. There are far fewer publishers.
Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the first place.
Johnson Publishing offered me an opportunity to build back iconic brands like Ebony and Jet magazines.
One of the great advantages of only publishing five books per year is that I get to be excited about every book.
The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.
Perceval Press a publishing house I founded in 2002 and it's still going strong. Strong for us means not so many books per year, but each one we very carefully design and print.
The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.
I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.