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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.

~Barbara Park

Topics: Books Found Laugh Make Many Readers Reluctant Them Who Young

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I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

~Barbara Park

Topics: Actually Books Enough Grown-Up Sure

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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Books Civilization Crippled Dumb History Literature Science Silent Speculation Standstill Thought Without

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Books are humanity in print.

~Barbara Tuchman

Topics: Books Humanity In Print Print

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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.

~Barney Frank

Topics: Attention Attention Span Away Books Could Distraction Hand Legislate Me Other Pat Short Slightest Span Take Would Write Writing

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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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Books are my art. The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Art Books Else Great Marketing Movie Someone

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I make a good living selling hardback books through paper publishers, and I have many friends in the industry who will suffer as it changes, so on a personal level, the transition to digital isn't something I welcome wholeheartedly.

~Barry Eisler

Topics: Books Changes Digital Friends Good Good Living Industry Level Living Make Many Paper Personal Personal Level Publishers Selling Something Suffer Through Transition Welcome Who Wholeheartedly Will

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Dad always explained the car engine when he repaired it, and he had many technical books, so I was making electromagnets by age eight as well as reading my mother's medical and nursing books. I suspect I was born with a boundless curiosity, and this was encouraged through my childhood.

~Barry Marshall

Topics: Age Always Books Born Boundless Car Childhood Curiosity Dad Eight Encouraged Engine Explained Had He Making Many Medical Mother Nursing Reading Suspect Technical Through Well I Was Born

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