The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-22
LITERATURE ON The COUNTER
BUSTNEssLTKE WAYS or THE TT
TO DATE AUTHOR.
N VINO MoiestIy submits HIS wares lat
the Purchascr's Own Prtce"-'Ar-
ticies Ready for Shipment"-Ano,her
Assures Qualty-A Hnmor Trus'.

the Purchasers Own Prtce'-'Ar.
ticies Ready for Shipment"-Ano,her
Assures Quality Hnmor Trus'.
Like law. plumbing and short story
writing. craftsmanship 10 now taught bv
correspondence. but 80 far as is known
nc special course is offered in the Difficult.
task Of selling literature. To Ill that wau;
these hints are offered.
Printed forms with blank spaces for N
titles OF tho manuscript are always i'm.
pressive. A modest card comes from tn
Far West. It reads:
Il enclose verses entitled -
Unless expressly otherwise stipulated oil
MSS. which l offer for sale can be bougilt
at the purchasers own price"
Another contributor uses a form with
blanks for the following details: Classifca-
ton, title. length. terms. In his case
the terms were usual rates" The author
has an eye on the future state Of the market,
and the blank has this labor saving tag
on the end:
Will the editor kindly mark the appropriate
paragraph. In this Ms. is unavailablef
/. Too ng-too shortp
?. Too much matter OF this sort on hand?
8. Not appropriate for our publicstion7
!. "Vuph yOu CuIC ~ nAVC OtucT Ms. suD-
mitted to your II 20. are any Of tho following
classes Of work particularly likely to prove
available at this timer
stories-short-serial.
Poems.
~Essays-current social topics-household
and domestic questions.
Brief discussions on miscellaneous topics In
narrative form tstyle similar to DR.. Holiness
"AutocratD.
Very businesslike 10 the man who encloses
a printed slip which reads:
Will the Editor of - - kindly read
the enclosed MS. and return the same II
found unavailable ae regular rates?
II accepted. please send notice 10 that
enect and state how payment will be made,
Sad experience may have moved him 10
add in italics at the bottom: This Ms. il
offered with the understanding that IL &C.
oepted 1t ia to be paid for"
Obviously English Ia this polite line which
constitutes the form Of a contributor from
abroad: Il beg to solicit your kind atten-
non to the aforementioned articles"
No brakeman ever succeeded by running
down his own wares and the rule holds good
IN selling literature. One author accom-
panies his story with q printed slip which
reads like this:
The - - 10 an original story Of s.ss5
words. relating . pathetic incident Of New
York life to-day. with dry humor and a strong,
agreeable finish. My reputation as the AL
thor OF - - successful drama. e.
q play published In verse and ~transls-
lions of--s greatest plays. &c.. assures
editors OF the quality and reliability OF my
offerings.
-Qdality and reliability assured. il very
businesslike. but not moro 90 than the
method Of a syndicate which offers q series
week y articles and winds up with the
announcement Three articles are now
ready for shipment.'
tive In advertising and canb be used 10 dis
these:
Pesry 10 coming homo with the north
oolsi
Be ready for him with some good pictures
for the storyi
have thsm-ths kind you lave not seen'
Write or wire and ! viii rush. II not a.
represented send 'em back: thatis ALI
IN Mention Ia. been made Of q syndicate,
literature p q business and that at least one
branch q 1t 10 In danger Of falling into the
OF q trust take this encouragement:
RuMoRrsrs' ExcnANox.
furnished with . high class ser.
vice OF American humor.
Serials. Humorous Stores.
Cartoons. Jokes,
Cuts. Humoxous Column.
Color Pages.
Art ~ not neglected. An up TO date
dealer offers a lot OF 10 baseball pictures
Tor a lump sum with this suggestion:
A baseball writer can telephone from the
held the numbers and captions. and your
Iast issue will literally astonish your readers.
or you can profusely illustrate your morning
This series contains men Of every rhy-lonc
and In every concei vable attit ude. There are
rat men. thin men. short men, long men
sliding to bases and home. Every sort az
pitcher, catcher. shortstop. 1elders and base
men. Various numbers OF msn are,scrappins
btth various umpres. Rainy day sketches