But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You’ll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier.
Aaron Swartz
Publishers
There is always a
There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.
A. Scott Berg
My kind publishers, Toby
My kind publishers, Toby Mundy and Margaret Stead of Atlantic Books, have commissioned me to write the life of Queen Victoria.
A. N. Wilson
I’m not saying all
I’m not saying all publishers have to be literary, but some interest in books would help.
A. N. Wilson
Last week, I had
Last week, I had to offer my publisher a bottle that was far too good for him simply because there was nothing between the insulting and the superlative.
A. J. Liebling
There is no concept
There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
A. J. Liebling