This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... the practice in Utopia, where every writer desires first to make his book as good as he can; next to make known as well as he can what are its just claims to attention; thirdly to make it easily procurable by all who want it; fourthly to arrange it so that each may take as much as possible of what he does ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 edition. Excerpt: ... the practice in Utopia, where every writer desires first to make his book as good as he can; next to make known as well as he can what are its just claims to attention; thirdly to make it easily procurable by all who want it; fourthly to arrange it so that each may take as much as possible of what he does want with as little as possible of what he does not want; and fifthly to contrive that every man's share in the labour necessary to bring all this about may be understood, valued, and paid for at its true worth. And it is found, as might have been expected, that the system answers equally well for all parties--for the readers, for the writers, for the printers, for the booksellers, for the book-post office, and for the messengers. In England, however, --for reasons best known in Paternoster Row and not communicable to the public--a publisher appears, as I said, to be indispensable. And since whatever we, the readers and buyers, want, must come through him and be subject to the conditions which he imposes, it is important for us to come to some understanding with him as to what we do want. I am not going to propose that either party should make any sacrifice for the benefit of the other. We buy his books, not for love to him, but because we want the books; he sells them, not for love to us, but because he wants the money. And this is the proper relation between us. But that he should be made to understand what we like and what we dislike, is for the interest of us both; for ours, that we may get the things we want, --for his, that we may want more of them. Now if there is one thing more disliked than another by a man who wants a book for the purpose of reading in it, it is a volume which can neither be held in the hand nor made to lie open on a...
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Add this copy of Publishers and Authors to cart. $40.83, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by BiblioBazaar.
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