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Publisher Cartoons
Publisher cartoon 1 of 125
"Mr. Kellwood is looking for someone to assist him in recasting his journals into a form suitable for wider audience. The tone should be urbane, warm, and scholarly—somewhat in the manner of Lewis Thomas, but, of course, about plywood."
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journal, journals, journalist, journalists, journalism, autobiography, autobiographies, autobiographical, scholar, scholars, scholarly, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, editing, form, forms, format, formats, ghost writer, ghost writers, ghost writing, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, tone, tones, request, requests, requesting, nonfiction, non-fictionPublisher cartoon 2 of 125
"I love your novel, and I feel that it would make excellent nesting material."
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book, books, novel, novels, literature, writer, writers, author, authors, writing, publishing, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing houses, publishing company, publishing companies, manuscript, manuscripts, animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, rodent, rodents, squirrel, squirrels, nest, nests, nesting, material, materials, backhanded compliment, backhanded compliments, compliment, compliments, complimenting, insultingPublisher cartoon 3 of 125
"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."
Publisher cartoon 4 of 125
"We do not usually acknowledge unsolicited manuscripts, but we want you to know that we tore yours into tiny pieces. Yours sincerely, The Op-Ed Page."
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manuscript, manuscripts, unsolicited manuscript, unsolicited manuscripts, publisher, publishers, publishing, rejection, rejections, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, newspaper, newspapers, rejection letter, rejection letters, paranoia, paranoid, greatest fear, greatest fears, self-esteem, op-ed, op-ed page, editorial, editorials, freelancer, freelancers, freelancing, cruel, heartlessPublisher cartoon 5 of 125
"I'd like the novel they paid 3.2 million dollars for, whatever the hell it is."
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book shop, book shops, bookshop, bookshops, book store, book stores, bookstore, bookstores, book seller, bookseller, book sellers, booksellers, book selling, book selling, reading, expensive book, expensive books, pretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, uniformed, following trends, following the pack, empty headed, publishing, publisher, publishersPublisher cartoon 6 of 125
"Frankly, it sucks. On the other hand, there's nothing in it to offend China."
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china, chinese, chinese market, chinese markets, growing economy, economic growth, writer, writers, writing, mass appeal, appeal, appeals, lowest common denominator, lowest common denominators, pander, panders, pandering, sellout, sellouts, sell out, sell outs, selling out, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, publisher, publishers, publishing, crossover, crossovers, globalist, globalism, world trade, free tradePublisher cartoon 7 of 125
"Great news! Your novel is in a medium-size pile in the middle of the floor about four feet from the left side of Oprah's assistant's desk."
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writer, writers, author, authors, oprah, oprah winfrey, oprah's book club, bestseller, bestsellers, bestselling, publisher, publishers, publishing, acclaim, critical acclaim, book sales, book seller, book sellers, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, big break, big breaks, break, breaks, literary agent, literary agents, shortlist, shortlists, shortlistedPublisher cartoon 8 of 125
"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."
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writer, writers, writing, author, authors, book, books, novel, novels, literature, publisher, publishers, publishing, editor, editors, publishing company, publishing companies, publishing house, publishing industry, literary agent, literary agents, public, pressure, internal motivation, student, students, college, college, college student, university, universities, essay, essays, paper, papers, dating, date, dates, stress, stressful, education, higher education, academia, academics, pretentious, flattery, pompousPublisher cartoon 9 of 125
"The editor who turned down the first Harry Potter book, say hello to the publisher who took a pass on Stephen King."
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publisher, publishers, publishing, literary gathering, literary gatherings, literary editor, literary editors, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing houses, intro, intros, introduction, introductions, small talk, party, parties, missed opportunity, missed opportunities, lost opportunity, lost opportunitiesPublisher cartoon 10 of 125
"It's a children's book, with lots and lots of interesting recipes."
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witch, witches, writer, writers, writing, write, author, authors, literary, literacy, literature, book, books, novel, novels, cookbook, cookbooks, recipe, recipes, recipe book, recipe books, fairy tale, fairy tales, poison, potion, potions, children, child, kid, kids, publisher, publishers, publishingPublisher cartoon 11 of 125
"Pecos Bildungsroman"
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pecos bill, tall tale, tall tales, western, westerns, myth, myths, mythology, mythological figure, mythological figures, bildungsroman, come of age, comes of age, coming of age, novel, novels, autobiography, autobiographies, biography, biographies, biographer, biographers, portmanteau, portmanteaus, outlaw, outlaws, cowboy, cowboys, legend, lgends, legendary, lore, publisher, publishers, publishingPublisher cartoon 12 of 125
'The Moving Finger Writes; And, Having Writ, Moves On To A Three Week, Twenty City Book Tour.'
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omar, khayyam, rubaiyat of omar khayyam, the moving finger, writer, writers, writing, write, author, authors, literary, literacy, literature, book, books, novel, novels, tour, tours, publisher, publishers, publishing, published, finger, fingers, book tour, book toursPublisher cartoon 13 of 125
"We're really, really interested. Now take it home and make it sing."
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literature, literary, word play, play on words, bookworm, book worm, bookworms, book worm, book, books, novel, novels, library, librarians, librarian, book lover, book lovers, literature, literary, lit, lit major, read, reading, avid reader, readers, reader, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, bookstore, book store, bookstores, book stores, editor, editors, publisher, publishers, publishing, jargon, excuse, excuses, sleaze, sleazyPublisher cartoon 14 of 125
"As a cost-cutting measure, for our fall list we have decided to bypass traditional bookstore sales and subsequent remaindering, and instead go directly to the shredder."
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cost-cutting, cost-cutting measure, cost-cutting measures, brick and mortar, bookstore, bookstores, book store, book stores, publisher, publishers, publishing, bad book, bad books, bad writer, bad writers, author, authors, writer, writers, writing, sales, seller, sellers, book sale, book sales, shredder, shredders, shredding, paper shredder, paper shredders, paper shreddingPublisher cartoon 15 of 125
"Your editor wants to know if you have enough flexibility to just give up."
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give up, writer, writers, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, harsh, flexibility, veiled, veiled, fire, firing, give-up, giving up, give-up, giving-up, phone call, phone calls, threat, threatening, flexible, fired, fired, minced words, writing, telephone, telephones, book, books, journalist, journalism, novel, novelsPublisher cartoon 16 of 125
"I'm calling it 'Genesis.' It's part of a five-book contract."
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religion, religious, bible, old testament, book, books, writer, writers, author, authors, literature, publisher, publishers, series, book series, series of books, desert, history, historical, popular book, popular books, ancient, jewish, judaism, christian, christianity, scribe, scribes, contract, contracts, shpasik, jtoonsPublisher cartoon 17 of 125
"This is a very important book. In fact, it's too important to publish."
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publisher, publishers, author, authors, book, books, writer, writers, writing, business, businesses, businessman, businessmen, rejected, rejection, starving artist, starving writer, freelance, freelance writer, published writer, english literature, english lit majors, english lit degree, english literature degree, english literature major, excuse, excuses, excuse making, editor, editorsPublisher cartoon 18 of 125
"You know what I wish? I wish there was a foundation that gave grants just to lie fallow for a year or so."
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grant, grants, lazy, laziness, writer, writers, writing, author, authors, journalist, journalists, journalism, write, writing, writing process, manuscript, manuscripts, fund, funds, funding, literature, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, wish, wishes, wishing, idea, ideas, inspiration, inspirations, grant money, freelance, freelances, freelancing, freelancer, freelancers, recharge, recharges, recharging, publish, publishes, publishing, publisher, publishers, fund, funds, funding, creative, creative process, creativityPublisher cartoon 19 of 125
Publishing Clauses Of The '90s.
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publisher, publishers, contract, contracts, publishing, publishing contract, publishing contracts, contract, contracts, clause, clauses, fine print, read the fine print, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelists, advance, advances, bilk, bilks, literary agent, literary agents, litigation, take advantage, takes advantage, taking advantagePublisher cartoon 20 of 125
"We've never published anything by a Pearl Harbor denier before."
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pearl harbor, peal harbour, global warming, denier, deniers, denial, denialism, holocaust, holocaust denier, holocaust deniers, wwii, wwii history, history, peer review, peer reviewed, peer reviewed journal, academic journal, academic journals, publisher, publishers, educators, educators, ignorant, ignorancePublisher cartoon 21 of 125
"It's structured as a set of two parallel stories that no one would ever want to read."
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pitch, pitches, pitch meeting, pitch meetings, writer, writers, author, authors, structure, structures, story structure, story structures, publisher, publishers, publishing, self-doubt, doubt, doubts, nagging doubt, nagging doubts, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, read, reads, readers, readership, readerships, book, books, novel, novels, novelist, novelists, editor, editors, editing, creative, creativity, creative person, creative people, readership, hook, hooks, hooking readers, ratings, bestseller, bestsellers, honest, honesty, brutal honesty, brutally honestPublisher cartoon 22 of 125
"Great money scenes!"
Publisher cartoon 23 of 125
"It's a remarkable write, but not an irresistible read."
Publisher cartoon 24 of 125
Meet the Author and his Agent
Publisher cartoon 25 of 125
"It's a terrifically gripping detective thriller, but we were wondering if you could make it Swedish."
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literature, book, books, novel, novels, writing, reading, reader, readers, read, detective, detectives, thriller, thrillers, mystery, mysteries, gripping, writer, writers, author, authors, publisher, publishers, editor, editors, publishing house, publishing company, publishing companies, swedish, trend, trends, trendy, fad, fads, literary, bestseller, bestsellers, greed, greedy, modern lifeMore cartoons with the keyword 'publisher'