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Reminiscences of Axel G. Rosin, 1955

Creator: Rosin, Axel, 1907-2007
Project: Book-of-the-Month Club project.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript: 45 pages
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Book club executive

Scope and Contents

Youth in Berlin, emigration and settlement in New York; treasurer of Book-of-the-Month Club; Chief of Operations at Book-of-the-Month Club; experience with IBM systems; purchase of nonfiction book club from Henry Holt; book titles by prominent authors and their marketability; conflicts with the Federal Trade Commission; accounts and collection

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Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1972

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