Twelve publishers rejected it before Bobbs-Merrill Company accepted it at the insistence of editor Archibald Ogden, who threatened to quit if his employer did not publish it.
twˈɛlv pˈʌblɪʃɚz ɹᵻdʒˈɛktᵻd ɪt bᵻfˌoːɹ bˈɑːbzmˈɛɹɪl kˈʌmpəni ɐksˈɛptᵻd ɪɾ æt ðɪ ɪnsˈɪstəns ʌv ˈɛdɪɾɚɹ ˈɑːɹtʃɪbˌɔːld ˈɑːɡdən, hˌuː θɹˈɛʔn̩d tə kwˈɪt ɪf hɪz ɛmplˈɔɪɚ dɪdnˌɑːt pˈʌblɪʃ ɪt.