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100	1		_aSmith, Lloyd E. _q(Lloyd Edwin), _d1902-1971
245	1	0	_aHow to write Little Blue Books
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLittle blue book ; no. 1366
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-28
508			_aTim Miller, chenzw, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520			_aHow to write Little Blue Books by Lloyd E. Smith is a practical guidebook for aspiring contributors to the Haldeman-Julius five-cent series, written in the late 1920s. The book explains how to propose and prepare manuscripts that fit the series’ mission, outlining acceptable subjects, editorial expectations, and the mechanics of submission and style. The book opens with Smith’s role and the series’ aims, then lays down core principles: seek broad, self-educational topics; avoid narrow scholarship, original fiction or poetry, vanity projects, and oversupplied fields like religion, philosophy, psychology, and evolution. It details how to obtain an assignment by pitching a specific idea with credentials, the 60-day delivery expectation, and the acceptance-and-payment process. A substantial section gives exact manuscript specifications—Little Blue Books must be 32 or 64 pages; target word counts; typing, spacing, margins, pagination; handling quotations, chaptering, contents vs. index; and how to supply simple line illustrations. Style rules follow, standardizing spelling (per Webster’s New International), capitalization, hyphenation, punctuation, and the use of accents, plus the requirement to include the author’s name and address. Smith also explains how to abridge or condense classics, add clear footnotes (using superior numbers), and write helpful introductions. He closes with a list of needed subjects—especially sports, business skills, practical how-to topics, simple instrument lessons, travel sketches, timely issues, and hobbies—urging writers to secure an assignment first and deliver precise, readable copy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cGirard: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1929
653			_aBooks and reading
653			_aAuthorship -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
653			_aPublishers and publishing -- United States
653			_aLittle blue book
700	1		_aHaldeman-Julius, E. _q(Emanuel), _d1888-1951
830		0	_aLittle blue book ; no. 1366
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78066
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