Abstract

Acknowledgements Introduction Newspaper syndicates of the late nineteenth century: overlooked forces in the American literary marketplace 1. Preparing the way for the syndicates: a revolution in American fiction production, distribution, and readership, 1860-1900 2. The pioneers: readyprint, plate service, and early galley-proof syndicates 3. The heyday of American fiction syndication: Irvin Bacheller, S. S. McClure and other independent syndicators 4. What literary syndicates represented to authors: saviours, doctors, or something in between? 5. What price must authors pay? The negotiations between galley-proof syndicates and authors 6. Pleasing the customers: the balance of power between syndicates and newspaper editors 7. Readers' experiences with syndicated fiction 8. The decline of the literary syndicates Notes Bibliography.

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