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R. L. Stevenson and the authors-publishers debate.

Discusses issues regarding the authors-publishers debate on the security of literary property as of January 1988. Reason behind the unfavorable reputation of publishing houses; Demands of philantrophist Walter Besant for publication merits including equitable shares in publishing profits; Views of...

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Published in:TLS. Times Literary Supplement no. 4424; pp. 58 - 59
Main Author: Treglown, Jeremy
Format: Article
Published: News UK & Ireland Limited 1/15/88
Subjects:
Author-publisher relations
Copyright
Publishing
Besant, Walter
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
Cooperative societies
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:Discusses issues regarding the authors-publishers debate on the security of literary property as of January 1988. Reason behind the unfavorable reputation of publishing houses; Demands of philantrophist Walter Besant for publication merits including equitable shares in publishing profits; Views of essayist Robert Louis Stevenson on the idea of setting up an authors' cooperative.