What they publish Is usually swfiethlng I want.** 

 Their mind is open to look at the next book. We 

 found that a series of books sold easier* 



GUlbJ However, back in the days when you were a reader 

 of manuscripts t if an unknown writer did subanlt a 

 manuscript it was read^ wasn't it? They weren't 

 ignored? 



Coggins: Oh yes. I can't quite understand why so many 



people feel that their manuscript doesn't get a 

 trial because, after all, the reader and the > ^'^ 

 publisher would feel pretty sick if a manuscript 

 had gone out of their house unread that became a 

 best seller. Bamaby Conrad was telling not long 

 ago that he offered his book. The Mated or < I think 

 it was to Bennett Cerf's office (Random House) and 

 the fellow celled in to Cerf and said, "Can we use 

 80,000 words on bull fighting?** and Cerf saidf 

 "Hell no I" And that was The Matador . They must 

 have thought that matterover later many times. 



I think when each person picks up a manuaeript, 

 he's hoping it will be something that hit house 

 wants; but on the other hand, he can tell pretty 

 soont he doesn't have to read very far, to know 

 whether the author has skill or not. 



