The Joy of Publishing
Fascinating Facts, Anecdotes, Curiosities, and Historic Origins about Books and Authors, Editors and Publishers, Bookmaking and Bookselling
by Nat Bodian
In the bestselling tradition of The Joy of Sex and The Joy of Cooking, now comes The Joy of Publishing. This book offers a wealth of entertaining anecdotes about world-renowned literary figures, while taking the reader on a never-to-be-forgotten, behind-the-scenes tour of the world of book publishing. It is a delightful fact-filled treasury that every lover of books will want to own, refer to, and talk about for years to come!
Look behind the scenes at the world's largest and most unusual bookstore. Read the advertisement that started the mass-market paperback revolution in America. Learn from the mail order advertiser who sold 500 million books. Discover Earnest Hemingway's rules for life. Find out about the origins of the dime novel, detective mystery, Who's Who, and Grimm's Fairy Tales.
Here are just a few of the stories featured in this book:
The 20th century classic once too hot to handle
Truman Capote's and Philips Roth's advice to writers
The New York dentist who became the father of the western novel
The origin of America's first bestseller
The publishing hoax of the century: the Clifford Irving story
Ernest Hemingway’s Rule for Life
The mail order advertiser who sold over 500 million books!
The dictionary that took 117 years to complete
The advertisement that started the mass-market paperback revolution in America
The novel that prompted the adoption of the U.S. Pure Food Act
Rudyard Kipling's advice on how to shorten lengthy manuscripts
The bestselling children's author who started by drawing insecticide cartoons
The 1908 book that predicted the Japanese attack on the United States 34 years later!
Legendary authors and books banned in Boston!
The origins of the Guinness Book of World Records, the dime novel, detective mystery, Who's Who, and Grimm's Fairy Tales
Behind the scenes at the world’s largest and most unusual bookstore
by Nat Bodian6 x 9 Hardcover — $29.95
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256 pages, bibliography, index, Publication date: August, 1996
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