The Truth About Publishing

THERE was a time when the craft of publishing was regarded as something as mysterious as the ‘black art’, and perhaps scarcely less sinister. Even to-day the misunderstandings are scarcely cleared up: and the ‘man in the street’ is still under the impression that the publisher is out to fleece the poor author while making enormous profits for himself. The only way to remove that impression is for the publisher to display his whole craft—frankly to lay all his cards upon the public's table: and... Voir plus