My recent post about The Autobiography of Mark Twain and the pronouncement, made by his publisher George Harvey in 1900, that the book would likely be produced in the year 2000 by “electrical method” was broadcast today on the Lake Effect program, WUWM Milwaukee Public Radio. Have a listen here.
Posts Tagged ‘Mark Twain’
Expectedness and e-books
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010The electrickal method and Mark Twain
Friday, November 5th, 2010One hundred and ten years ago, somebody was thinking about electronic publishing. On October 17, 1900, George Harvey, president of Harper and Brothers Publishing Company wrote to Samuel Clemons’ literary agent about the great man’s on again off again autobiography. Clemons, though he had barely begun on the project, refused to allow any publication of […]
