When Im interviewed, I always explain to reporters that the independent press always has the first books out on any subject, and independent publishers will be the only publishers who keep on publishing and selling books on that subject after the fads have come and gone…. - Jan Nathan

Jan Nathan at Ben Franklins

In our industry, achievement is measured too often in terms of number of units sold. While those numbers mean profits for many, for others, achievement comes in sending a specific message to a specific group of people no matter what the number is. - Jan Nathan

…why keep on writing and publishing? …if we each have the chance to influence and change the life of just one other person, it will be a major accomplishment in our lives, and, hopefully, in the lives of the people we touch. - Jan Nathan

Jan Nathan with the PMA Board of Directors

…should we fight to allow publication of material that we dont agree with or find offensive? In my mind theres only one answer: Of course. If we dont, what will happen to our right to publish material we believe in that offends somebody else? - Jan Nathan