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Christina Baker Kline

I like meeting and connecting with readers.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

My parents are a bedrock. And I have three complex, strong, and funny sisters who inspire and sustain me.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

I have three sons, as different from each other as any three humans could be but connected by their shared love of Guitar Hero. I’m lucky to be married to a man I can call my soulmate without any irony whatsoever.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

I often work and write in coffee shops, observing the baristas and eavesdropping on interesting conversations.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

Words are both my vocation and my avocation – reading, writing, editing, teaching.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

Hardcovers will never completely disappear. They are delightful to hold; they feel weighty and substantial. But my anecdotal evidence suggests that the world is changing.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

In my ideal world, my next novel would have a first printing of, say, 2,500 hardcovers for reviewers, libraries, collectors, and autograph hounds. The publisher could print more copies if they get low. And simultaneously, or six weeks later, the book would be available in paperback.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

It’s hard selling books in general: companies are merging, editors being laid off, bricks-and-mortar bookstores closing, large chain bookstores squeezing out independents, and online retailers squeezing out chain bookstores.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

For years I’d understood that publishing in paperback was the kiss of death.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

Having the book-club army embrace you is a gift that keeps giving for years.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

Book clubs, both online and in person, have become a large percentage of the reading public, and many of them won’t consider reading books in hardcover.

– Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline

With a hardcover, you get two chances, a year apart, for the book to make an impact – often with a new cover featuring artfully crafted snippets of reviews, a new marketing campaign and maybe even a new publisher.

– Christina Baker Kline

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