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 xineann rated 11 months ago -
Ten Best-Selling Books Rejected
by Publishers Twenty or More Times
1. Dubliners by James Joyce
2. M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker
3. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw
4. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
5. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
6. The Postman Always Rin...
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- xineann rated 11 months ago
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Ten Best-Selling Books Rejected
by Publishers Twenty or More Times
1. Dubliners by James Joyce
2. M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker
3. Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw
4. Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl
5. Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
6. The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
7. Lorna Doone by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
8. Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis
9. The Peter Principle by Laurence Peter
10. Dune by Frank Herbert
- Elmoses-X rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "Jane Austen fan submits her work anonymously to publishers... and receives a dozen rejections"Ha, ha, ha.... Validating my premise of the "popularizing mind of mankind." Here is confirmation of my belief that only a small percentage of the population sees art individually and thinks as individuals. It's an easy trap to fall into, after all, who doesn't want acceptance? Sad that we are so weak and such herd animals, yet good at the same time, for that is our great strength as well as our greatest weakness. I dislike standing away from the popular much of the time with a question in my head... but I'm proud of it as well. Do I like Jane Austen's work? NO.
- chummers rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "His reply read: "I suggest you reach for your copy of Pride and Prejudice, which I'd guess lives in close proximity to your typewriter and make sure that your opening pages don't too closely mimic the book's opening. After all, there is such a thing as plagiarism.""
How far does it go before a gag is a crime?
- maeve23 rated 12 months ago
- Perhaps some of the rejections/non-responses were because the publishers DID recognize the work and did not feel a need to dignify what they considered a waste of their time.
- gemininoir rated 12 months ago
- Jane Austen fan submits her work as his own to 18 publishers and literary agencies. Although he included a few hints, only 1 person seems to catch on, and sends a response including the word "plagiarism".
Interesting story, though it's essentially a PR stunt designed to lead to publication for the man's own writings.
Also, I really hated Pride & Prejudice. If many literary editors and agents agree, good for them! He should try The Sound and the Fury or Wuthering Heights next.
- kavis rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "Jane Austen fan submits her work anonymously to publishers... and receives a dozen rejections"
- IntrepidDreamer rated 12 months ago
- explains much
- Fluffymonkeyem rated 12 months ago
- :( Jane Austen.
 Axeman-will rated 12 months ago- old old news. and not very exciting...
- ruscara rated 12 months ago
- From the page: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that many of us who claim to have read a classic novel are telling porkies. Or have simply watched the film version instead.
This even applies, it seems, to literary agents and publishers.
For when a budding author sent typed chapters of Jane Austen's novels to 18 of them, changing just the titles and characters' names, only one recognised her words."
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