>in German[y] publishers paid authors by the number of pages they produced rather than by the sales of the books.<
that would explain the verbose style of German authors? but wasn't Dickens paid by the word? Jim D.
>in German[y] publishers paid authors by the number of pages they produced rather than by the sales of the books.<
that would explain the verbose style of German authors? but wasn't Dickens paid by the word? Jim D.