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Publishing Cartoons
Publishing cartoon 1 of 106
"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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"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, insultingPublishing cartoon 3 of 106
"I can't help thinking there's a book in this."
Publishing cartoon 4 of 106
"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, heartlessPublishing cartoon 5 of 106
"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, publishersPublishing cartoon 6 of 106
"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 tradePublishing cartoon 7 of 106
"I'm working on a children's book."
Publishing cartoon 8 of 106
"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, shortlistedPublishing cartoon 9 of 106
"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, pompousPublishing cartoon 10 of 106
"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 opportunitiesPublishing cartoon 11 of 106
"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, publishingPublishing cartoon 12 of 106
"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, publishingPublishing cartoon 13 of 106
A WRITER GETS THE NEWS
Publishing cartoon 14 of 106
'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 toursPublishing cartoon 15 of 106
"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, sleazyPublishing cartoon 16 of 106
"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 shreddingPublishing cartoon 17 of 106
"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, creativityPublishing cartoon 18 of 106
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 advantagePublishing cartoon 19 of 106
"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 honestPublishing cartoon 20 of 106
Meet the Author and his Agent
Publishing cartoon 21 of 106
"I love it. Unspeakable, but accessible."
Publishing cartoon 22 of 106
"I'm talking so much about books I haven't read I feel like I'm back in publishing."
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date, dates, fist date, first dates, show off, show offs, show-off, show-offs, showing off, publishing, publisher, publishers, book, books, reading, reader, readers, liar, liars, lying, uncultured, first impression, first impressionsPublishing cartoon 23 of 106
"No, I don't think I have a book in me. I think I have a chicken in me."
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egg, eggs, chicken, chickens, chick, chick, hatching egg, hatching eggs, author, authors, writer, writers, novelist, novelist, aspiring author, aspiring authors, defeatist, pessimism, pessimist, pessimists, publishing, realistic, realist, realists, writer, writers, author, authors, egg, eggs, humpty dumpty, inspiration, inspirations, muse, muses, hatch a plan, hatching a planPublishing cartoon 24 of 106
"You have written more than a book, Ms. McBean- you have written a franchise."
Publishing cartoon 25 of 106
"Michael self-published his novel then boughtt up his own film rights."
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writer, writers, writing, book, books, novel, novels, self-publishing, self-publishers, self-publishing, self-publishers, self-published, self published, self publishers, self publishing, self publisher, self-publisher, film rights, film, circular logic, publish, publishing, publisher, self purchasing, author, authors, novelist, novelistsMore cartoons with the keyword 'publishing'