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Oogglns: He was quite an ambitious person^ quite up and 



eoming* Then we got a young man who was going to 

 Annapolis to write a series of books* His nane 

 . was ComaaniSsr E* L, Beach* While we were 



publi^ting that series » we found another Annapolis 

 graduate who we Telt was an even better writer! *o 

 we had two Annapolis series at the same tine* 



Also we decided on a series of college stories 

 for e^PlBi^ sp ne gpt a teacher fr(»i Smith Qollege. 

 She wrote a if9|#s called the Betty Wales books* 

 Betty Wales J Freshman i Betty Wales, Sophomore * etc* 

 They were very successful* In fact« a gaz^nent 

 manufacturer named some of his creations after her* 



Gilb} Sounds as if the firm went out and actually sought 

 writiira «Z3d thought of the ideas for books and got 

 people to write them* 



Coggins: I think that's very cowmon, 



(3tllbt It was connoa then? 



Coggins: Tes* I think^ except for books on fiction, many 



books were planned ahead* In fiction, you couldn't 

 plan very definitely, but you could say, "We'd 

 liloi a good fiction sea story*" The series makes 

 friends for books to follow* People say, "I've 

 been buying books in, say, the Modem Library* 



