Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

ne shamoied TO the point ne sao ne
s,rns he.S S'na Us, "a he asked me
whether In view Of that. / didn't think II
would be only the fair thing to offer him
at least portion OF the rake-on II was
square ana straiehtou, case oI '"e Jaw
aes on ms par; you wa 49, asr.s him
10y suou ~ 49, aoS a. nrrs now
, 10y -, 500 US 'he DUR anu !" "'
'sn so, ...,,, A.. .a,,,, thu,
-, 20, nc wa ,hs ~, whan ned
.ne . oook was ours all rishs. pu. w ,des Thai
g. o"' Is ~. -. . ~. 20" 20. tn,,rS a,ang
~. ,.,. "a snd - .ho,rh, thst a.
long as he had cb,.sied himself so badly.
VIII ~ $500 N
",A,a vat. ..,ar .~,., xo,, .o,a ov, to
-. ~. 1850 sou wele sons i".eu - -,
rather synraS .. ~, "a 80 =. @n,,s,,, c,t
at the little end Of the horn on yi,e trans
action ehy ~ ~ w. =
''weiI he.A tbouvbt - IN. tim. ~ hfs
selling out that the - o,o would Be 4 fair
shake ali around he ..td hut ss ths sales
had turned ont sc NJ .,nc.
His attItude vas a. chi,a,.h chat I be-
came a bit warn over ~ In NV warmth
fell into na hia
Look here said IN thu voun~ author
you know a rood deal about horse-racIn9
don't your
I wish knew less about IT. he replied.
>mournfully.
.-.--.-
a Samaiar SITUATION.
All right. said L Now. supposinr that
last fall YOU had cola ~. ,ro-v.ar-o,o
col, tha, 80 10 s"'o me ."o1seaIo
g.. .,. 80 ~oa = NUMBER OF Dig s.akes
oA sou' oo' tnat had gone trffie iame
from too much racing-so lame. in fact.
that you had concluded that the colt would
MT devotion into a pood ,b,ee-vear.o,d. ana
so were perfectIv wiIIipe 70 ssiI 20 No n.
your own ,uura Snnnos,na "a .aLon
that colt and natohad ht,, ~, 80 ~. NJ,
TO the races this yesr 70 ana tba, he =, Ia
good sor mo rigb, aion1 "a 49,, 80 y
lot OF money for me Would Won in snch
a case. come to me with a boohv fana ana
asL nc co. sb.r me ~ III Dons 49, a ~,
the colt yo,, Rod 49, ie i,J;,'r 90. na -. ~
TO soil to me last yearS WIS ..,,, 60
slider yoursaIf ~ 49, n,o, ,a 'areJ,,
II not legally entitled ~ anv az thai
money! N'
.You,re right o,aIo . or,,,r hah,.
said the young va 20 th., NJ . sanas,
and sense Of light asserttns ,tsaIf thew Il
hadn't Looked 49, ~ 49, q, a., ii,b,
but 1 can see now that it's tho same thing
ONLY thing for mo IN 40 20 urita anotber
book and then hang on eb7.
~ told him to neeI of bts Goa. and go
right M that otbsr hooL ond dott,,ar g. 20
me ar the earliest noss,h,a ,oon,ent ana 4
gave him q check for advances rovaittes on
the stiII unwritten hooL ~ tb,t
II mention the case of this Young author
because n ia a tvnicaI ono WIN resnect
TO a book no matter which u,ay the cal of
nuhuc nonuia ritv tumns most authors are
inclined TO he dissatIsffed and deveIon the
notion that tbev are aetting the wors, ~
II ~ VI
"you gee few of them, ara what vou.d call
pood uamhIars Tbav dop,t uanf "a ,aLa
any chances. They want the sure thing
toll Won that ,ouoS.vs 49, hnnr :. r,ora
or less of a gamble as every book by an
unknown writer Is an absolute out-and-out
saihpie. ne author, IN nine cases OUT OF
eamhIIng and tale ali oS tho cbances The
average author Is a strong believer In the
heads win. tails you lose system.
The majority Of new authors want the
publishers to buy their books outright.
They've heard that only about one book in
a hundred ever pays for the printing cleo
trotypng and binding of the first edition.
and they don't like these 99-to-1 shots. So
they want to sell outright. IL the book
looks pretty good. and we buy outright,
paying what We think it's worth-which
Is always a very large cut, indeed from
what the author thinks It's worth-and the
book is a go right from the start, why, the
author becomes sulky and disconsolate over
1t. He's glad that his book is a success. OF
course, but he has the childish feeling that
his publishers have done him. and his
pouting Is something dismal to contemplate.
IF. on the other hand, the new author
gives to the publishers counsel, and
disposes of his book on the royalty basis.
and the book has quiet birth and stu
more quiet death, the writer not getting
anything worth mentioning out of 1t. there.
again, he has a sad grievance and he fares
forth into the highways and byways and
tells everybody he meets what crafty.
close-fsted Old Scrooge lot those publish
ers are.
Tile tbe Game Autbor
o
Occasionally there's an author who
takes a sporting view Of these things and
4, dealing with n man uke that we're a
" -, -,
gooo zeal more Hciiiieo 70 tiea' nm beH
erously than with one VINO does the baby
act and fills the air with his lamentations
One of ,be most successful men now on our
LIST of authors knew how TO take his med
icina when he first brought his wares to
re and no has assnredlv lost nothing nv IL
..1Tbe FIRST hook he gave to rs on the roy
aItv basis II was a far better piece or
6ction than tho average and II fell dead
Gouidn,t Give II awav IT came along ar
tba wrone1 how or s0nethtnp hut anyhow
the outbor never GOT q cent out of it for
We didn't cot hack the trst cost of nutting
H. bonlx On the market and there was the
nsnaI Stinyiatiop in the contract Tint . coo
oonins 90 +bo honu nod to he sofa before tha
sTtbor,s roysItias sbouId begin We could
not gat I'D Of even that frst edition OF
ooo Comics and so the author didn't get
a nickel ont OF his book