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Reminiscences of Allan Ullman : oral history, 1979.

Creator: Ullman, Allan, 1908-1982.
Project: Individual interviews oral history collection.
(see all project interviews)
Phys. Desc. :Transcript 162 leaves. Tape 2 cassettes.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Publisher.

Scope and Contents

Book salesman 1931-1934 at Alfred A. Knopf and Company; promotion and publicity at Random House, 1946-1953; assistant vice president, Book-of-the-Month Club, 1953-1964: advertising campaigns, effect on book sales; Director of Publications, New York TIMES, 1964-1975: publishing and marketing; history and effect of book clubs, literary agents, paperbacks; opposition to computerized publishing and corporate takeovers of publishing firms.

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