391 Mark Twain's Publishing Fiasco | Great Literary Terms and Devices Part 2 (with Mike Palindrome)
The History of Literature
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In 18 92, they brought out more than 30 books in sort of the last gasp, let's flood the market. Alexander philippine came back with his book 100 ways of cooking eggs. In 18 94, there was annie e holdsworth, classic book, joanna trail spinster. Twain finally declared bankruptcy to get the creditors off your back and retain copyrights over your own books. And that ended up being the best source of money for twain.
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