AUTHORS AND LIBRARIES
Sir,-The letter of Clare MacAlister Ward in your issure of July 9 was of deep interest, especially to those authors who did not :hear the broadcast from 1YA, "Should the State Patronise Literature?" I have written books from 1890 to 1947, a very long period under varying conditions of library contrpl. I have made as much as £90 out of a book, which gave me a. start in life. Books were much eheaper in the pioneering days, but settlers bought them to build up a library. A lean time came to authors, however, when publishing charges increased and booksellers wanted bigger profits. Good books which got favourable reviews still have a large sale and reach a wide circulation. It is really a wonder that so many books ate written in New Zealand because the rewards are so meagre.
W. K.
HOWITT
(Stanley Bay).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 476, 6 August 1948, Page 5
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