CONTENTS

PUBLISHERS' NOTE

A Publisher's Confession

CHAPTER I THE RUINOUS POLICY OF LARGE ROYALTIES

CHAPTER II WHY "BAD" NOVELS SUCCEED AND "GOOD" ONES FAIL

CHAPTER III ARE AUTHORS AN IRRITABLE TRIBE?

CHAPTER IV HAS PUBLISHING BECOME COMMERCIALIZED?

CHAPTER V HAS THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR A CHANCE?

CHAPTER VI THE PRINTER WHO ISSUES BOOKS AT THE AUTHOR'S EXPENSE

CHAPTER VII THE ADVERTISING OF BOOKS STILL EXPERIMENTAL

CHAPTER VIII THE STORY OF A BOOK FROM AUTHOR TO READER

CHAPTER IX THE PRESENT LIMITS OF THE BOOK MARKET

CHAPTER X PLAIN WORDS TO AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS

Transcriber's Notes

NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.
1905

Copyright, 1905, by
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & CO.


Published March, 1905