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[mark] twain was a publisher. he published general grant's memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his own books. he would, i think, be very keen about the question of how a book would sell.
-Hal Holbrook
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[mark] Twain Was A Publisher. He Published

Hal Holbrook
[mark] twain was a publisher. he published general grant's memoirs (a big success) and had a hand in the publishing of many of his own books. he would, i think, be very keen about the question of how a book would sell.
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I was first published in the newspaper put out by school of the art institute of chicago, where i was a student. i wince to read that story nowadays, but i published it with an odd photo i'd found in a junk shop, and at least i still like the picture. i had a few things in the school paper, and then i got published in a small literary magazine. i hoped i would one day get published in the new yorker, but i never allowed myself to actually believe it. getting published is one of those things that feels just as good as you'd hoped it would.
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In my early teens, i read every bound volume of the magazine punch. every writer of any distinction in the english language, and i mean including america and england, at some time wrote for punch. jerome k. jerome, who wrote three men in a boat, i loved. i was very impressed when i read a piece by mark twain in punch, and realized that despite the fact that they were on different continents, jerome k. jerome and mark twain had the same kind of laconic, laid-back, "the human race is damn stupid, but quite interesting" attitude. they were almost talking with the same voice.
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