Magazine content is available exclusively for TIME subscribers.The Press: He Quits?
E. Haldeman-Julius of Girard, Kan., publisher of the famed "Little Blue Books" at 5c each (provided one buys not less than a dollar's worth), last week advertised:
"I QUIT! On June 33, I shall quit publishing Little Blue Books! Order till then at 5c.
"I am going to stop because I must give my full attention to my immensely successful Haldeman-Julius Monthly—The Enterprise of Bringing out 842 Good Books has been Sensational-over 75,000,000 sold in Five Years—
"Here is sound advice: Do not buy a mere 25 or 30 books—Do as most are...
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