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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.

~Barry Eisler

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Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: About Books Excites Found Me More Most My Time One Of The Things Overall Promoting Them Things Time Use Will Writing

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I want to position my books as premium-priced versions on the reasonably-priced scale, if that makes sense, to find a sweet spot between the high-end of what my brand can support and the low end that results in impulse purchases and maximum sales volume.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Between Books Brand End Find High-End Impulse Low Makes Maximum Position Purchases Results Sales Scale Sense Spot Support Sweet Versions Volume Want

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Publishing, legacy or indie, is a vehicle, and you can't opine about whether someone has chosen the right vehicle if you don't know where she intends to drive it.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: About Chosen Drive Indie Know Legacy Publishing Right She Someone Vehicle Where Whether You

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I can understand the allure of a venerable Big Six imprint, of a shot at the New York Times list, of a publisher-sponsored book tour, of seeing your hardbacks in bookstores and your paperbacks in supermarkets.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Allure Big Book Book Tour Bookstores Imprint List New New York New York Times Seeing Shot Six Times Tour Understand York Your I Can

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I have a long-standing interest in what I like to think of as 'forbidden knowledge:' methods of unarmed killing, lock picking, breaking and entry, spy stuff, and other things that the government wants only a few select individuals to know.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Breaking Entry Few Forbidden Government Individuals Interest Know Knowledge Like Lock Long-Standing Methods Only Other Picking Select Spy Stuff Things Think Unarmed Wants

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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Been Fiction Influenced Inspired Non-Fiction Number Poetry Pretty Read Writers

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Stephen King has inspired me with his humor and honesty, and his admonition that the author's job is to tell the truth.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Author His Honesty Humor Inspired Job King Me Stephen King Tell Truth

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There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Awful Awful Lot Business Corruption Great Japanese Lot Make Politics Setting Sort Spy Story

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I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys, but I do find that moral ambiguity and conflict makes for great characters.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Ambiguity Bad Bad Things Characters Conflict Drawn Find Good Good Guys Great Guys Heroes Makes Moral Sure Things Think Villains Who Why

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: Unknown

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