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Addenda to The Methods of Publishing (1898)A supplement to Samuel Squire Sprigge's book about different kinds of publishing agreements, written by George Herbert Thring. Reprinted from The…
Authors' Syndicate, TheA literary agency, assisting authors in placing manuscripts with publishers. Management was voluntary and unpaid, and there was a separate Council for…
Crawfurd, John Oswald Frederick(John) Oswald Frederick Crawfurd (1834–1909); writer and diplomatist.
Meiklejohn, John Miller DowJ. M. D. Meiklejohn (1836–1902); writer of school books.
Meynell, Wilfrid JohnWilfrid Meynell (1852–1948); newspaper publisher and editor.
Periodicals and Their Contributors (1901)Provides a list of periodicals and their policies with regard to unsolicited manuscripts, especially whether or not manuscripts are returned to the…
Report of the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels (1910)A report from the Sub-Committee on the Price of Novels (Marie Belloc Lowndes, Charles Garvice, E. W. Hornung, W. W. Jacobs and Samuel Squire Sprigge)…
Sprigge, Samuel SquireSir (Samuel) Squire Sprigge (1860–1937); medical editor and author.
Symonds, Emily MorseEmily Morse Symonds (1860–1936); novelist and playwright (as George Paston).
The Contract of Publication in Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland (1896)A synopsis of publication in several European countries which follow the German Code of Commerce, written by Ernst Lunge.
The Cost of Production (1891)Provides an overview of the costs of producing a book, from composition and typesetting to printing, binding, moulding, stereotyping and advertising.…
The Grievances Between Authors and Publishers (1887)A report on the three conferences held in March 1887 on the maintenance of literary property, the profession of authorship, and dramatic rights and…
The Methods of Publishing (1890)Written by Samuel Squire Sprigge to support the demand of the Society, as made in the Annual Report of 1889, for "just treatment as prevails in all…
The Pen and the Book (1899)A guide for young writers written by Walter Besant, including chapters on the cost of production, methods of publishing, copyright, and choosing…
Thring, George HerbertGeorge Herbert Thring (1859–1941); Secretary to the Society of Authors.
Wake, Charles Henry Middleton-Charles Henry Middleton-Wake (1828–1915); clergyman.