Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-25

Special Correspondence,
ONION, May l5,-Hall Gaines
active and energetic son Ralph Is
going into the publishing business
A-< on his own account and on large
scale, and has already captured several
big authors who are going to let MIN
bring out their books at low prices.
The young man was until lately IN
charge of the book publishing branch
of The Amalgamated Press, that IS 10
saws the sixpenny books published ny
the Harms worths. The English pup
fishers Of the six shilling noNeI-Wh'ch
is the equivalent of the $l'oo noVtI
have only Just begun TO discover lIlal
ITa,.r,svortb Newnes & Pearson
each of whom publishes big Lohuon
dailIes. and countless weeklies ana
monthlles-have practically cotueteu
the market for the siNpcnny rights OF
famous English novels, ana are soilIs
to out them out In such vast qua"
tltic- that few henceforth VIII puS
six shilling book except the llprarIes;
practiralIy every novelist In England
who has attained n sale of say lO'uon
conies Of any one book in the last Io
1,nars has been captured by one or o'h-
rr of these publishers, or by tIlg tMu
or three other firms that are puplsn-
ing cloth bound books at StNeil'e"Cs
and the sums paid over in the FORM E ,r
advance royalties on these BOOKS ~
the last month OF wv"
prodigiOus. ....,,. az, nv
As all these slXpenny novels are w
rsynous authors. and as the pun. lsHSi
~ six shilling novels arc so nluCh ul9
turbed by the condition OF aitailS oNei
here that they win scarcely look at
any novel, except by an author 81 %
"a bliabed reputatiou, for publication ]"
"a .buIinp form. there IS evidently a
had season ahead for the moderateS
sucressful author. and for the pesli'-
ner. / heard a little group OF exp
discussing the subject the otheT Jay,
and they agreed that as Things "ele
going, the position Of the literary
einner would soon become eNnr'lG ~
came as that OF the musical heSlulei
w.ho whatever his ability may be- NO"
eynnc,s 10 nav literally Tor at least
,.oa,. ar two Tor the privilege ot DtlI1s
hoard in London. Hitherto the H'e'
or, beginner I'm ENGLAND mas u~.h.
lv been able CproNiding he mao 'N'''
talenD to ind a publisher MllIiou.
pense TO himself. Bul u ,.,,,,,.
noveIs-which are practically the a"lu'
,nInp as 10 cent novels IN America ar
c,oing 10 drive everything else our Oh
IN Geld the beginners only ch"hDe'
with rare and gathering exceptions, H'n
he 10 nay out OF his own pocNel lo'
Qualification OF his BOOKS, as lHN lu"''I,l'
ara estimate that al least AO,OOJ coolies
az n siX-pennv book have TO be SOFA
bsfnre there Is enough profit IN II 10
make II worth while-and not more
tban one beginner IN 10000 can count on
snv such sale IN England The case
for the moderately good aui nor prom
ises TO be worse yet, for win an ull'
known author there Is always INC Ea'n
Hing chance Of making ols hil
wheTeas with the author who mas Deeu
writing for years books that sen
thousand copies or SO. there Is 40 nope
OF big hit
Already the fairly-Eood English au-
thor has lost his American market
There used 70 be a sale IN America lu'
English novellsts OF established rePu-
tatlon whose books had circulation
of more than 5000 copies, but the Amer
iran publishers who come over here ~
droves every spring 10 pick mp so"a
things will no longer look al anylhlns
that is not expected 10 make biz MT
1'bey are spending more money man
ever on the big English author put
are ooonumizlng on the htte autnoI
Tho situation reminds one ni ~, blul'
verse: Unto him that hath shall %,
Given. but from him that hath not shnH
30 taken away even that which b"
hath"
How soon shall we hear OF an Ameri-