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" A good part of the work is just reading a manuscript and coming to the office. I can't imagine wanting to even read an article about book publishing. "
Sonny Mehta
Work
Reading
Office
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" I am still convinced I have the best job in the world. "
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" As I see it, my job has always been to champion the work of the authors I publish. "
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" Profit is one way that you can take pride in the way you publish things and insure that you can go on doing it. "
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" I've started taking long walks in the park, which is quite wonderful. "
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" So much has changed in our business. E-books, that's been one of the principal developments. There has been also the failure of Borders and the rise of Amazon, just to name two others. "
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" Lisbeth Salander is one of the most compelling heroines of 21st century crime literature, and I am thrilled to see readers have welcomed her return. "
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" John Grisham is one of the greatest storytellers of all time. "
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" Knopf is solidly profitable, and that is how I intend to keep it. "
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" There's a blockbuster side to Knopf, whether it's P. D. James or John le Carre or our best-selling books. We try to sell our writers as aggressively as those houses regarded as commercial with a capital C. "
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Houses
Books
Try
" Sonia Sotomayor has lived a remarkable life, and her achievements will prove an inspiration to readers around the world. "
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World
Inspiration
" It seems the world of book publishing is constantly changing. Whether it was the rise of chain stores or their decline, or the digital revolution... fortunately, we have been able not only to adapt but to thrive. "
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Adapt
Book
" A blurb might bring a reader to a book, but then the book itself has to do the rest of the work. "
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Work
Then
" There is such a very large quantity of books clamouring for a buyer's attention that publishers have relied more and more on support such as blurbs as a way of getting an independent recommendation from a familiar name, much in the same way that Amazon.com will send an e-mail recommending Book A to a customer who's already purchased Book B. "
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Book
Support
" At Knopf, everything is inherited. "
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Everything
Inherited
" You do not give a great biographer a timetable. You let them do their work and, in due course, publish it. "
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Great
Publish
Work
" It was the cholesterol. I had two fried eggs a day for breakfast. I had no checkups for five years. I kept meaning to go. The doctor would probably say it was years of bad living. I've always had a good time. Maybe I've had too good a time. "
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Good
Day
Breakfast
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" President Clinton is one of the dominant figures on the global stage. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell. "
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" Sometimes you find something new, and you just say, 'Wow.' "
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Just
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" I don't have a glamorous lifestyle. "
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Glamorous
" Most writers of entertainment fiction tend to receive controversial reviews. "
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Reviews
Controversial
Entertainment
" In 'Lean In,' Sheryl Sandberg gives a frank assessment of what it will take for women to move forward as equals to men. Her book is full of sound advice and informed recommendations and marked by its positive outlook. "
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" We all have our notions of sport. If I'd wanted to make my living climbing mountains, I wouldn't have gone into publishing. Most of the time, you're sitting in a dark room reading a manuscript. "
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Mountains
Reading