title: The Grand Chorus of Complaint: Authors and the Business Ethics of American Publishing
author:  Michael J. Everton 
description: <br />"Michael J. Everton has provided a fascinating account, supported by deep historical and archival research, of the contentious dealings between authors and publishers that occur along the ragged line between art and commerce." --James L. W. West III, author of <em>American Authors and the Literary</em> <em>Marketplace since 1900</em>
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  > EGMONT PRESS: ETHICAL PUBLISHING
  
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  > in which our consumers are growing up.
  
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  >  **Made Fairly**  
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