So Many Books

And just a few thousand copies, read by the right people, are enough to change the course of conversation, the boundaries of literature, and our intellectual life...

So Many Books, chapter 11

Perfect service may be achieved in one of two ways: by stocking every book in the world or by employing a soothsayer.

So Many Books, chapter 11

To write, publish, or distribute a book is like putting a message in a bottle and tossing it into the sea: its destination is uncertain. Yet time and again the miracle occurs: a book finds its reader. a reader finds his book.

So Many Books, chapter 2

According to Gabriel Zaid, I am only a few hundred books off being truly cultured - one who is capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more.

Also, The human race publishes a book every thirty seconds. Which, as he says, is a lot.