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Keith Gessen

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Total quotes: 4

Keith Gessen

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Birthday: January 9, 1975

Educated At: Syracuse University, Harvard University

Nationality: United States Of America

Occupations: Journalist, Publisher

Total quotes: 4

“It’s hard for writers to believe, but publishing is a big business. It’s not the oil business or the auto business or even the cell-phone business, but total book sales in the United States last year were $13.9 billion.”

— Keith Gessen, The Book On Publishing

Tagged: Book Publishing Economics, Book Publishing

“Time had written the book.”

— Keith Gessen, The Book On Publishing

Tagged: How To Write A Great Book

“The Amazon-Hachette dispute mirrors the wider culture wars that have been playing out in America since at least the 1960s. On the one side, super-wealthy elites employing populist rhetoric and mobilizing non-elites; on the other side, slightly less wealthy elites struggling to explain why their way of life is worth preserving.”

— Keith Gessen, How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No. 1?

Tagged: Culture Wars, Cultural Elitism vs. Democratic Consumerism, Populism

“Barnes & Noble’s lone literary-fiction buyer, Sessalee Hensley, could make (or break) a book with a large order (or a disappointingly small one). If you talked to a publisher in the early 2000s, chances are they would complain to you about the tyranny of Sessalee. No one used her last name; the most influential woman in the book trade did not need one.”

— Keith Gessen, How Did Amazon End Up as Literary Enemy No. 1?

Tagged: Book Publishing, Amazon, Books, Book Publishing Monopoly

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