"a publisher is a business man . . . a professional man also. He can do his best service only for those authors who inspire his loyalty, who enable him to make his publishing house permanent, and who leave him enough margin of profit to permit him to make books of which he can be proud." -Walter Hines Page, A Publisher's Confession A Publisher's Confession (1905) by Walter Hines Page, vice president of Doubleday, Page & Co. when the book appeared, was released anonymously. This allowed the author to discuss the flaws and ...
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"a publisher is a business man . . . a professional man also. He can do his best service only for those authors who inspire his loyalty, who enable him to make his publishing house permanent, and who leave him enough margin of profit to permit him to make books of which he can be proud." -Walter Hines Page, A Publisher's Confession A Publisher's Confession (1905) by Walter Hines Page, vice president of Doubleday, Page & Co. when the book appeared, was released anonymously. This allowed the author to discuss the flaws and mistakes of his colleagues and clients. In the author's view, publishers at the time were more concerned with the cost of manufacturing than the content of the titles they published, and Page was praised for revealing corruption within the industry.
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Good. 1924. First UK Edition. Keywords: Walter H. Page. 245pp. Some edgewera & dulling. o/w good. First edition copy.....We ship daily from our warehouse.
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Very Good. New edition. Introduction by F.N. Doubleday. Extremities rubbed, light fading and yellowing of cover, shadowing of endpapers, yellowing pages, about very good.
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Good in Very Good jacket. New Edition. Green papercovered boards and green cloth spine stamped in gilt. Introduction by F.N. Doubleday. Sticker on front pastedown, pages age-toned, gutter starting, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, good copy in a very good unprinted mylar dustwrapper with edges nicked.
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8vo. 176 pp. Very Good. Hard Cover. Cloth-backed boards with quarter cloth spine. Minor toning along edges of boards. Deckled pages. Minor wear on corners and slight sunning of spine. Contents: The ruinous policy of large royalities--Why "bad" novels succeed and "good" ones fail--Are authors an irritable tribe? --Has publishing become commercialized? --Has the unknown author a chance? --The printer who issues books at the author's expense--The advertising of books still experimental--The story of a book from author to reader--The present limits of the book market--Plain words to authors and publishers.
