How to write Little Blue Books
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Writing for a five-cent pocket series means learning how an editor thinks. Lloyd E. Smith, assistant editor at Haldeman-Julius Publications and a contributor himself, explains the requirements behind the Little Blue Books. His handbook connects the choice of subjects with likely sales, broad public interest and the series' emphasis on self-education. The opening gives a direct account of how a proposed title earns its place in an expanding publishing list.
The practical advice moves from editorial policy to the physical manuscript: page lengths, double spacing, carbon copies, paragraph indents and instructions for the printer. Smith also explains the different jobs of a contents page and an index. These details make the book useful today as a glimpse of publishing before digital production, with clear examples of the care required to turn a writer's typescript into an inexpensive book for a large audience.
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- Author
- Lloyd E. Smith
- Reading time
- About 35 minutes
- Pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Educational
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online