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Hello all, I am generally a lurker who answers individually to posts, but I had to = post this question to the group. An English teacher at my high school = is currently working on her masters and is taking a research class. I = have occasionally helped her locate information and have thoroughly = enjoyed it. The latest in her series of questions is beyond both my = capabilities and the capabilities of the librarian on duty yesterday at = her university (Steven F. Austin State Univ. in Nacogdoches, Tx). First = I'll give you the question and then I'll tell you what she has found out = so far: During the 19th century, Harper and Brothers published in America such = major British novelists as Dickens, the Brontes, Thackeray, and Hardy. = What specific books of each author did the firm publish, and how much = was paid to the author for each work? She has located the list of books each author published and even found = out what each book cost at the time of publication. But in all her = research she cannot locate what was paid to each author. Harper and = Brothers is obviously now HarperCollins. She has checked their website, = done general and detailed searches on several search engines, spent = yesterday at the library looking at various bibliographies and = biographies of each author (which is where she found the info. she now = has), and this morning we checked the anthologies and biographies in my = library. She has a list of questions that she answers weekly, and this = is just one of many, but if you have any suggestions on where to look to = find this information she (and I) would be most grateful. TIA, Michelle Craven, Librarian Crockett High School Crockett, Texas mcraven@esc6.net =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-= All postings to LM_NET are protected under copyright law. To quit LM_NET (or set-reset NOMAIL or DIGEST), send email to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL or 3) SET LM_NET DIGEST 4) SET LM_NET MAIL * Please allow for confirmation from Listserv. For LM_NET Help see: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archives: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.html See also EL-Announce for announcements from library media vendors: http://www.mindspring.com/~el-announce/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=