You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make up a law that makes it illegal.

Except for a few small presses, most publishers are north of Ground Zero.

I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books.

The great thing about the Internet is that it will not abide by the rules.

We are taking a business-as-usual position at my agency, though business before 9/11 wasn't that hot either!

It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan.

I tend to turn down books originally published as e-books. As for selling books directly to e-book publishers, I would do so only if all traditional publishers had turned them down.