Authors and Publishers
A MANUAL OF SUGGESTIONS FOR BEGINNERS IN LITERATURE
Comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of MSS. for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, instructions for proof-reading, specimens of typography, the text of the United States Copyright Law, and information concerning International Copyrights, together with general hints for authors. By G. H. P. and J. B. P.
Seventh Edition, re-written with additional material.
8°, gilt top net, $1.75
CHIEF CONTENTS
Part I.—Publishing arrangements—Books published at the risk and expense of the publisher—Books published for the account of the author, i. e., at the author's risk and expense, or in which he assumes a portion of the investment—Publishing arrangements for productions first printed in periodicals or cyclopædias—The literary agent—Authors' associations—Advertising—On securing copyright.
Part II.—The Making of Books—Composition—Electrotyping—Presswork—Bookbinding—Illustrations.
"Full of valuable information for authors and writers. . . . A most instructive and excellent manual."—George Wm. Curtis in Harper's Magazine.
"This handy and useful book is written with perfect fairness and abounds in hints which writers will do well to 'make a note of.' . . . There is a host of other matters treated succinctly and lucidly which it behoves beginners in literature to know, and we can recommend it most heartily to them."—London Spectator.
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, New York and London
