Could it be that Simon & Schuster co-founder Richard “Dick” Simon failed to find a publisher for his own book trade memoir? Simon and partner Max Schuster launched the book publishing house of Simon & Schuster in New York City in 1924. An 84-page typescript document of Simon’s reminiscences, titled Fools Give You Reasons, dating to the late 1950s, is currently being offered in a rare book dealer’s catalog for $5,000. The fragmentary memoir discusses how he got into publishing, his thoughts on promotion and advertising, and his feelings about television… Read article in Fine Books and Collections.
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