The Once and Future Author

People Still Buy Their Books

When fewer people bought books than today, these two made their own markets

Apr 30 •

She Didn't Mean to Write a Bestseller - or to Change American Minds

And this women's rights advocate definitely didn't set out to be funny.

Apr 9 •

The first female columnist in America weathered a long, dark time

Mar 6

The Century Plant and the Crusader

Tales of the long and short beginning

Feb 5 •

No Niche? No Problem.

This nineteenth-century writer had a clear niche and some "viral" successes but neglected the most important question: Why?

Jan 23 •

Growing a Newsletter Business -- in the Age of the Hanover Kings

How an 18th-century printer found a niche and made a good living writing the most successful newsletter in English history

Jan 17 •

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