SUNDAY 27 AUGUST
Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity 1967 239th day - 126 days to come
Bob Abbott called. Funk & Wagnel's is going to do
ABBOTT'S NEW CARD GAMES in paper back. There will be about a
$750 advance and 6% royalty (on retail I think). 3% will go to
Stein & Day and he gets 3%.
They still want to do a book on POKER variations, but he doesn't
want to do it. He suggested me and the editor wants me to
call her:
{Funk & Wagnel
Mr. Joanne Miller
972-3408 (Her personal number.)
Bob wants to get F. & W. to drop ULTIMA and make other changes.
Fay called in the morning. All of a sudden she likes Claude's
"Dating Game" again. She wants BB, Claude, & me to work it out
and call her back.
Called Claude about Fay's request. He, rightly, said we shouldn't jump
at her bidding. (I told him about the Poker variation book and he
had wanted Bob to recommend him but Bob had been doubtful of his
writing ability.) He also said that he shouldn't get a cut if I do
sell TREASURE HUNT. I said that then Fay would get her way by splitting
us. We didn't carry it further.
Called Fay to tell her of Claude's decision. She'll just put a mention
of the "Dating Game" in her presentation. She is going to Washington
tomorrow with the presentation. BB finished the typing and we drove
down in a rain to deliver it to her. She appreciated it.
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