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from The Buffalo Book Company, in 1945 or 1946. Frustrated by the publishing delays, Eshbach wrote to the Buffalo Book Company offering suggestions as to how they could better market their books. Thus started a correspondence between Eshbach and Tom Hadley with Eshbach continuing to offer advice.
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had moved back to Buffalo and Don Grant was attending college, though he continued to offer recommendations on what to publish. Hadley decided to continue the company on his own, renaming it The Hadley Publishing Co. According to Robert Weinberg, "making things even more complicated, Hadley and
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under the banner of FFF: Publishers. All of the Hadley volumes used ugly typefaces and were illustrated by barely competent fan artists. They reflected an enthusiasm for publishing but a lack of knowledge about the basics of the publishing business."
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joined the company in 1946 and the name was changed to The Buffalo Book Company. Later in 1946, Hadley continued the company on his own as The Hadley Publishing Co.
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in 1945. The bookstore had recently acquired the library of fellow Providence native,
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Robert Weinberg, "Specialty Science Fiction Publishers" in Hall, Hal W. (ed)
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Donald M. Grant first met Thomas G. Hadley at Dana's Old Corner Bookstore in
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and Thomas G. Hadley and published one title as Grant-Hadley Enterprises.
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Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales
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The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998
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Science Fiction Collections: Fantasy, Supernatural and Weird Tales
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The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998
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The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998
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which was successful enough to warrant a second edition.
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Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era
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Over My Shoulder: Reflections on a Science Fiction Era
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Index

American
small press
science fiction
Donald M. Grant
Kenneth J. Krueger
Providence, Rhode Island
H. P. Lovecraft
Rhode Island on Lovecraft
Kenneth J. Krueger
Buffalo, New York
Texas
The Time Stream
John Taine
The Skylark of Space
E. E. Smith
E. E. Smith
William F. Crawford
Lloyd Arthur Eshbach
Skylark of Space
Ken Krueger
The Skylark of Space
The Weapon Makers
A. E. van Vogt
The Mightiest Machine
John W. Campbell, Jr.
The Skylark of Space
E. E. Smith
Final Blackout
L. Ron Hubbard

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