There is something attractive about taking risks.
From Sonny Mehta
I think I'm more marketing- and sales-oriented than others, and the notion of selling books continues to interest me.
Just because we're Knopf doesn't mean we shouldn't sell books as well as any other publisher in the land.
I am still convinced I have the best job in the world.
Sometimes you find something new, and you just say, 'Wow.'
I was from somewhere else. Then all of a sudden I was here, in New York. With one suitcase.
I use Amazon for books. I use Amazon for loads of other things. I regard Amazon as a source, as I think a lot of other people do.
A good part of the work is just reading a manuscript and coming to the office. I can't imagine wanting to even read an article about book publishing.
So much has changed in our business. E-books, that's been one of the principal developments. There has been also the failure of Borders and the rise of Amazon, just to name two others.
I have, from time to time, stopped using it for books, when they pissed me off about something - the negotiation with Hachette, for instance. I thought that was outrageous bullying, and I discontinued using Amazon for books. I did use it for socks, but I didn't use it to buy books.
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