Alan Earney, October 15, 1963 - Revision history

JVbird: Italicized Advertisements for Myself

2019-04-21T14:08:12Z

Italicized Advertisements for Myself

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963.</ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of ''Advertisements for Myself'' in 1963.</ref>

	I was quite pleased with the cover of ''[[Advertisements for Myself\|Advertisements]]'' that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if ''Advertisements'' doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of ''[[Advertisements for Myself\|Advertisements]]'' that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if ''Advertisements'' doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

JVbird: Corrected first note to remove reference to Victor Weybright, since that is a separate note.

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Corrected first note to remove reference to Victor Weybright, since that is a separate note.

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963~~. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch~~.</ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963.</ref>

	I was quite pleased with the cover of ''[[Advertisements for Myself\|Advertisements]]'' that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if ''Advertisements'' doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of ''[[Advertisements for Myself\|Advertisements]]'' that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if ''Advertisements'' doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

Jules Carry: Italics and link.

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Italics and link.

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref>

	I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of ''[[Advertisements for Myself\|Advertisements]]'' that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if ''Advertisements'' doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

	But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with [[w:Dial Press\|Dial]] and [[w:Dell Publishing\|Dell]] for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told [[w:Victor Weybright\|Victor Weybright]],<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.		But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with [[w:Dial Press\|Dial]] and [[w:Dell Publishing\|Dell]] for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told [[w:Victor Weybright\|Victor Weybright]],<ref>Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.

	::::::::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref>
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	But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with [[w:Dial Press\|Dial]] and [[w:Dell Publishing\|Dell]] for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told [[w:Victor Weybright\|Victor Weybright]],<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.		But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with [[w:Dial Press\|Dial]] and [[w:Dell Publishing\|Dell]] for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told [[w:Victor Weybright\|Victor Weybright]],<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.

	:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />		::::::::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />
	:::::::::::::::Norman Mailer		::::::::::::::::::::Norman Mailer
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Dmcgonagill: adding links

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	I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

	But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with Dial and Dell for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told Victor Weybright,<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.		But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with [[w:Dial Press\|Dial]] and [[w:Dell Publishing\|Dell]] for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told [[w:Victor Weybright\|Victor Weybright]],<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.

	:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />		:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />

JVbird: adding citation

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.<ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref>

	I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

	But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with Dial and Dell for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told Victor Weybright,<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.<ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.		But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with Dial and Dell for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told Victor Weybright,<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.</ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.

	:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />		:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />

JVbird: Adding Alan Erney letter

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Adding Alan Erney letter

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	Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963.<ref>		Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963. Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.<ref>

	I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.		I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

JVbird: Adding Alan Earney letter, October 15, 1963

2019-04-09T23:39:01Z

Adding Alan Earney letter, October 15, 1963

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:::::::::::::::October 15, 1963

Dear Alan,<ref>Earney was an editor at Transworld Publishers Limited, which under the Corgi imprint published the British soft cover edition of Advertisements for Myself in 1963.<ref>

I was quite pleased with the cover of Advertisements that you put out. You really do good jackets over at Corgi, and if Advertisements doesn’t do well, the physical production of the book can hardly be blamed.

But now I have a bit of news which I expect will prove upsetting to you. Caught in a financial situation which seemed to offer no issue, I talked Walter Minton into releasing me for one novel, and I’m now going to do a serial which will be printed in ten-thousand-word installments over the next eight months. I also signed a contract with Dial and Dell for hard cover and paperback rights and they agreed to pay a vast, indeed an unbelievable sum for the book. As part of the arrangements they insisted upon buying the English paperback rights for a paperback company which is their subsidiary or associate in England. I did my best to try to strike this last clause, because as I say I’ve been quite pleased with the way you’ve presented my books. In fact, as I all but told Victor Weybright,<ref> Victor Weybright was an editor at Andre Deutsch.<ref> you were doing a tastier job. But the amount of money was so vast and indeed the amount offered by the English paperback company was so great, that I was not able to afford to refuse this extra specification of the English rights. Indeed there was not even opportunity to consult you, for the transaction took place in a record forty-eight hours. The wheeling and dealing was much like Hollywood. While I know this news can give you small pleasure, I would like to repeat that I have no ill feeling towards your house—quite the contrary—and expect that we’ll be together again after this serial is published.

:::::::::::::::Cordially,<br />
:::::::::::::::Norman Mailer
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