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A Publisher’s Confession

by Walter Hines Page

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  1. 1Chapter I — The Ruinous Policy of Large Royalties
  2. 2Chapter II — Why “Bad” Novels Succeed and “Good” Ones Fail
  3. 3Chapter III — Are Authors an Irritable Tribe?
  4. 4Chapter IV — Has Publishing Become Commercialized?
  5. 5Chapter V — Has the Unknown Author a Chance?
  6. 6Chapter VI — The Printer Who Issues Books at the Author’s Expense
  7. 7Chapter VII — The Advertising of Books Still Experimental
  8. 8Chapter VIII — The Story of a Book From Author to Reader
  9. 9Chapter IX — The Present Limits of the Book Market
  10. 10Chapter X — Plain Words to Authors and Publishers

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