The Why Not

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Victor J. Banis. The Why Not

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FOREWORD

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

CHAPTER FOUR

CHAPTER FIVE

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BORGO PRESS BOOKS BY VICTOR J. BANIS

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There were many thousand of paperback novels published under my direction (in the 60s,) and ninety-nine percent of them all started out as original manuscripts. There was a point in time when we were almost inundated with unsolicited submissions by wannabe writers, the proverbial “slush pile.” We also had a very good First Reader named Bill. It was his job to wade through all those novice manuscripts looking for passable material. His word was the first absolute final word in the whole editorial department

From those approximate 4,000 paperback titles that we published I can remember around four manuscripts only of truly significant worth, both as literature and as a viable portrayal of our liberated times. These are manuscripts that almost from the minute they arrived at the office began making ripples of excitement that flowed instantaneously from editor to editor.

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And I did, and I agreed with Bill and I also recognized it was something remarkable, timely and apt to be rather popular. I bought that manuscript right then without even reading it all the way through and I’ve never regretted that decision for a moment.

I feel it was a pivotal book that opened doors too-long closed and one of the major building blocks in (the) ongoing fight for First Amendment realities.

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