 He also bought a small bookstore "Viúva Azevedo" in Rio de Janeiro.In the literary line, Francisco Alves published Afrânio Peixoto, Emílio de Menezes, Raul Pompeii, among others, but most of his books were printed abroad, for economic and technical reasons which prevented the internal printing, which was the cause of criticism from many nationalists.In his spare time, Francisco Alves wrote his own books under the pseudonym William Prado or F. d'Oliveira.