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Show acceptance of the ferm, successful that is, they have been vridoly'written about, paraRraphed in tho press from one end of tho country to another, English editions hav been printed of each, nd to every literary person tho names of both novels and authors are thoroughly familiar. Now, what have the authors received in hard cash for their year's work? I will tell you exactly: Of one, 1,700 copies were sold; no royalty was paid on tho first thousand to cover manufacture, etc., and upon the remaining re-maining 7il copies the author received the regular 10 per cent, royalty. Tho book sold for SI. The net revenue to the author was therefore STO. His type writer's bill wns $01.50. Xet profit, $S.), and the book has stopped selling. The other author was atrille more fortunate In that his novel reached a sale of 2,000, all but five copies. Like tho first he received a 10 per cent, royalty only after tho first thousand copies. Unfortunately, he bought so many copies of his books for friends that, when his publisher's statement carae, it showed acredit In his favor of just $.'i0.50. Had he type written his manuscript, the novel would have thrown him into debt! .And these are but two of a score of instances in-stances within my knowledge that I could cite. Edward W. Bok in Ladies' Home Journal. The Story of Two Navels. ! Two friends of mine spent each of them 1 the best part of tho year 1SS3 in writing and revising r. novel apiece. Both storie were published by leading houses during dur-ing the early par, of 1SS9. They were yeM. sdvertised, skillfully handled, and , both novels ure. according to the populaj |