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" It is always a gamble to agree to publish something one has not yet read oneself. "
Peter Mayer
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" I think the past need not be the dead past. If we get it right, with new books, the past can be a beacon for the future. "
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" If you're a serious publisher, you publish books because they work. In other words, they are written well; the reader identifies with the characters. The context seems to be real whether he's writing about the French Revolution or the failure of Lehman Brothers. "
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" I'm happy as a book publisher. I loved my 19 years being a C.E.O. I loved it to distraction, but I couldn't do it till I'm 80. "
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" When it comes to translation quality, it's not a question of accuracy but of nuance, especially in fiction. The prose has to read fluidly in fiction, and this is a completely different issue from literal accuracy. "
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