he Beadle and Adams books provided a natural starting point for NIU, as Erastus Beadle and his brother Irwin are generally credited with inventing the dime-novel format with the release of , published in 1860. While paperbound publications had been around for decades, the Beadles were the first to issue stories in a continuous series, often with the same characters, in a fixed size and at the standard price of one dime (some lines were even cheaper, with a 5-cent cover price).
MEET THE BEADLES
Dec 06, 2022
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