The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Tricks and Traps of Publishers

"Tricks and Traps of Publishers." New York Saturday Press, January 15, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

Examination of the tricks disreputable publishers use to swindle people into buying their books. A prominent trick is to attribute others' novels to famous authors.