“I have seen books made of things neither studied nor ever understood ... the author contenting himself for his own part, to have cast the plot and projected the design of it, and by his industry to have bound up the fagot of unknown provisions; at least the ink and paper his own. This may be said to be a buying or borrowing, and not a making or compiling of a book.” MayMadeSaidBookDesignIndustryPaperUnderstoodBoundsCastsBuyingPlotInkProvisionBorrowingInk And PaperFagots Author:Michel de Montaigne
“The ecological impact of book manufacture and traditional book marketing - I think that should really be considered. We have this industry in which we cut down trees to make the paper that we then use enormous amounts of electricity to turn into books that weigh a great deal and are then shipped enormous distances to point-of-sale retail.” ThinkingShouldBookUseTurnsDealsCuttingTreeIndustryAmountPaperImpactDistanceMarketingEnormousTraditionalElectricityEcologicalRetail Author:William Gibson
“Christmas was on a Sunday in 2005, which had a greater than expected negative impact on retail and classified advertising during the last weekend of our fiscal year. In addition, our California papers had held up well in automotive advertising, but the industry-wide decline in this category reached them in the fourth quarter as well.” YearsWellsLastsGreaterIndustryPaperNegativeImpactWideExpectedAdvertisingCaliforniaSundayCategoriesQuartersWeekendDeclineFourthPapersRetailFourth Quarter Author:Gary Pruitt
“I make a good living selling hardback books through paper publishers and I have many friends in the industry who will suffer as it changes, so on a personal level the transition to digital isn't something I welcome wholeheartedly.” BookSufferingLevelsIndustryPaperSellingWelcomeDigitalTransitionPublishersMany FriendsWholeheartedlyGood Living Author:Barry Eisler
“I read real books. On paper. You know, those printed books? I feel like this is the last thing I do to support my industry. I think they smell great, too.” ThinkingKnowsFeelsBookRealLastsSupportIndustryPaperSmellPrintedReal BooksPrinted Books Author:Gary Shteyngart
“Whatever I may be, I want to be elsewhere than on paper. My art and my industry have been employed in making myself good for something; my studies, in teaching me to do, not to write. I have put all my efforts into forming my life. That is my trade and my work.” WantWritingMayHas BeensArtEffortEducationStudyTeachingIndustryPaperEthicsTradeImprovementElsewhereEmployed Book:The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters
“That is simple. In the Colonies we issue our own money. It is called Colonial Scrip. We issue it in proper proportion to the demands of trade and industry to make the products pass easily from the producers to the consumers. In this manner creating for ourselves our own paper money, we control its purchasing power, and we have no interest to pay.” InterestSimplePayIssuesProductsIndustryDemandPaperCreatingTradeProducersConsumersProportionColonyPurchasingPurchasing PowerPaper Money Author:Benjamin Franklin
“There is no excuse for a billion dollar industry to have somebody who's pushing papers on an administrative level - which is still very important in terms of getting projects done - it's imbalanced and completely illogical and example of how badly this art form has been rapped... for them niggas to have health care benefits but for themselves to share in no part to that? It's very telling about the climate of the music industry.” Has BeensArtStillsImportantDoneCareFormTermLevelsShareExampleIndustryPaperBenefitsProjectsDollarsClimateExcuseBillionsHealth CarePushingPapersMusic IndustryNo ExcusesIllogicalAdministrative Author:Immortal Technique
“I'm steeped in the news because I enjoy the news - I like reading papers, I like reading the blogs, I love talking to newsmakers and pundits, for that matter, about their opinions. I'm an information gatherer by nature, so that's what attracted me about this industry.” MatterReadingEnjoyTalkingOpinionInformationIndustryPaperNewsPapersBlogsPundits Author:Megyn Kelly
“It's very complicated. There's been this broader mechanism, an industry, which wants people to use free services, from the old days of advertising-supported papers and magazines, to ad-supported free television.” PeopleWantUseTelevisionIndustryPaperComplicatedAdvertisingMagazinesAdsMechanismPapersOld Days Author:Astra Taylor
“If you depend on a single industry, if you don't continuously upgrade it, if that industry is not producing real wealth, if it's simply shuffling paper from here to here in a very efficient manner sometimes, that's not enough and that's not where you begin to get the rest of your jobs.” IfsRealSometimesEnoughJobsWealthDependsIndustryPaperEfficientShufflingReal Wealth Author:Juan Enriquez