what sort of struggles did they face financially?
After the death of Wyn, the company grew financially overextended, failing to pay its authors reliably.
Ace Books
Wyn died in 1967, and the company grew financially overextended, failing to pay its authors reliably. Without money to pay the signing bonus, Wollheim was unwilling to send signed contracts to authors. On at least one occasion, a book without a valid contract went to the printer, and Wollheim later found out that the author, who was owed $3,000 by Ace, was reduced to picking fruit for a living.
what does 'ace books' mean? A publisher of science fiction and fantasy books who founded it? Aaron A. Wyn name some of the famous books they have published? William Colt MacDonald's "Bad Man's Return", P. G. Wodehouse's "Quick Service what is the genre of the latter work? UNANSWERABLE when was it published? 4 October 1940
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Ace Books [SEP] 1964–1970: Financial struggles
Wyn died in 1967, and the company grew financially overextended, failing to pay its authors reliably. Without money to pay the signing bonus, Wollheim was unwilling to send signed contracts to authors. On at least one occasion, a book without a valid contract went to the printer, and Wollheim later found out that the author, who was owed $3,000 by Ace, was reduced to picking fruit for a living.