“Trade book publishing is by nature a cottage industry, decentralized, improvisational, personal; best performed by small groups of like-minded people, devoted to their craft, jealous of their autonomy, sensitive to the needs of writers and to the diverse interests of readers. If money were their primary goal, these people would probably have chosen other careers.”
-Jason Epstein
–Jason Epstein, former Doubleday Editor, Creator of Anchor Books
, Co-founder of The New York Review of Books, former Editorial Director of Random House and recipient of the National Book Award for Distinguished Service to American Letters.