, 1880-02-11

couple Of monihs,-:for Il IS qnite as hor, i
cnrrrct work rs Ia write It. nmf thc srinnt.o In %
Ont Of few rliultcrH l,nt i1freplIrntIv ,'hinS
slnle5 tlsG recnstEng Of NJ, entire yollf,". .tEs ~
antlnr who Inns brcn n''ltln 10 revise liz h,!ee h,!'ee
by lhS cnnnscls nf nn experienced wriIsts iiIus
sl,nlly finds TINT. the 1loyei lns bencfiHtn59tIr.
tlln revision: ntn!. when tho lnunlsrr,ntTy y
;Snt nf 1,Eaim. It J. decidedly improyed
enrIrsinE .tho prtMfs; hut new aItnoptt a,lIii ot
,nay hny'. to whit tlrcu or four mnnth, th.i,ts ,ns
forc the first lmtc IL received, a # tat%. ne
ut lcnst three tnonil!s moru rforn te tiHes tses:
E"'gs .f c cxnS!i s1,';a y, ,o"fs are say
two or tllrne lays; nnt, accoriltg 10 o'Gty ny
terms Of tho agreement s9nrl between ~ iI,s ths
publishers and thc nutllor, ills lo iattcr wIo ,o
l!ss H., r. bcar tf11 Gust ut ,cortpe.[onnss
KITS fri, ll'at essts. flra,k i%,piwx a,ui i;,,li I
sllal hn "ttp sne publishers ut every r.,k iiank
Off work entitled 'l!lring, tl,o copyriR}a snii1ha
r. nth The @ sa' wnrk. w',!c tey sai lsls II
dchMctiig fron Tic prnlucc 1t iilc sals ternt ia,Ft
nf nlI taae EXPENSES Of printing, paper. advcr.
Using, ntltl other rXpnlscH nf prullucijom. IT,
rlHt!ltlI! Charge of I, pr ccnt On tllo sabs
1 ntmis 70 T1ny ffmy dt 'ttfisi,!nE sSDG,se is
work shall tcdiyis!ctl.l c,Illal pa,ts ao
uSE ron TIT: AuTt,o1.
tho ntlcr ft'r tho publisher. Tile ogreeman,
further states tat The bookssl,al be nccm'n,
t.l for Mt the trate-saiu price, tlirlro,,' 40
tWelye, unless tho publishers think il nj. NJ
!. x!sanie d , t. ;1sposs, Of cop'Ss pr # tg ren
ta Judgment sf tho pb'isliers; AMI ihat no 10
counts shall bn ,nnt!e up hnEf-yrarly, nj mf'i.
SUMMER nia Christmas, n1Ml tlcltyrd on or In.
fore the lsl Of 0ctoMr Or lat Of April folIow,
ii.g; Filta1ly, TINT the accounts shall be ST.
f.Tl ~ hiIs n tTt months dated respective
Gut!!,9r achieves success. What hnrptcs;MxTg rt ny
| VIII tell you. Ono ,lau!atory notice aiis aiter
nj Mutigs Zig Ercat ciic;latIng.Sraly';: ';']n, III
r1lllWaS-b,okstatls dispose OF r number of
copies and nsk for more. III short, Tia nd. d.
ycrtlselnents In the newspapers SOON m.
i,ol,llGe q s,Tnn't e,lition q tho novel. anl
!!uIcn through te train of tho nutIor, 'ho Who
l|ls; heard that tint m edition means 7s9
eNs,!cs. Ills friends, who know even lcss NJ
tlle lnattGr Than himself, encourage lin n
l!is 'Hl.istoMs; Indeed, y is mt iii settling.
and toll IL ~ pupr .as 10 10 lidicrous Icsides
THO labor expended In obtaining 1t. 'NO
When scts!ing.tay comes, hD llnt1s, 10 lis
. hstn1,lsnrnt md modification, TINT tho three
20. anil 250 respectively; that out Oi tIess,
the copies sold went ntn ,rutnnas Ito hjln@
DISCOUNT a'H tho rr[cC he had nnticipatci:
md TINT tho cost Of p,lper, prtnt, binding, and
advertising Inns 10 sWclletl tho debit slid nj
tho itccollnt rs to leave
ALMOST NOTHING TO he DIVIDED Az rl,or1r.
Ills slinre may perhaps be E5O,-rrcly mon:
this, too. allowing that tie Imaginary novel
Wh0so life have trnectl lIns hccll Il success.
VAnitns ynnltntllm! ,rlln ,youItl-!p novelist
i!n:;S It phys better TO 80 to ;cobbling, mid,
tlle liternry calling forever.
l Wotllu hot ilnvo you understand lllat
n'ly such Arrangement n9 the ono have
tllNrpctl out, following 0n tho same lines ~
the writer OF the paper have mentioned. il
silch MI one Ms tho experienced novelist
would make or tlint the rcsl,lta In each caso
are tho aHinp. II mllSt not be forgotten tfot
We have been taking the case of NJ, llntrici
R1sttior With his first novel. Tho successful
writer Gull nnko almost any terms he likes
With publisher, from m actslnl advance Of
the royalty accrilng {Hltpp0stng his books 1,o
published 0ll thu roynlty SystcIn) Ia any s1g.
gtstetl limitation Of tho six months credit
system after snles. But, unless MI author il
strong enough to nuke the stipulation, pub
ltsllcfs WHO arc 1cco,ltlted liberal in other
ways obstf1iatcly hold to the long-crcdit SIS.
tenn,
Thu author, to DO sure, could not gct along
without tho puhlisllcr; but tho number q
literary men WIN with Byron cling teuac.
ioilsly to tho belief that Dhrabbas wns pub.
Usher, shows TINT nLl Is not sunshine aud
roses, eyen between the writer Of position
anu Ills distributing Agent the 1,ookniakes,-
let asnne the young lllth0r whose experiences
With Ills urJt novel hnye recftCtl r.