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Correspondence regarding article on rifles

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  • HORACE KEPHART BRYSON CITY, N. C. Feb.27, 1934. Dear Mr. Dillin:- I have known some rascally publishers, but I never heard of another who would mistreat a writer as that fellow did you. As I had seen the advance notices of your book in The American Rifleman, and naturally supposed it was in press, I am surprised to learn that nothing seems to have been done about bringing it out. The thing is a mystery to me; though it would seem that the publishers issued the ad. in order to learn how many advance subscriptions could be obtained before risking money on publication. I hope they will soon issue the book. Not having seen the manuscript, of course I do not know whether it is in proper shape for the printer. It takes special technical knowledge to prepare matter for the press; the compositor himself merely "follows copy," and if the manuscript is not perfect in construction, punctuation, etc., its errors will appear in type as in the original, and in that case it would cost more to correct the proofs than it would have cost to hire an expert to revise the manuscript and type it for the printer. I quit the Outing Publishing Company last spring, and they have gone bankrupt, leaving me in the hole. Since then I have done no outdoor stuff but have been busy on a novel. Sincerely,
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