Publication 1860 Form

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the daily story for june 9 1860 the headline reads first dime novel published sensational stories of adventure and romance let's find out more [Music] ann stevens was an american novelist and magazine editor and one of the most widely read women authors of the 19th century she wrote many serial novels short stories and poems that were published in well-known periodicals of the day such as goatee's ladies book and graham's magazine her story melieska the indian wife of the white hunter had appeared in serial form in ladies companion magazine in 1839 but was first published as a complete book by the irwin p beadle and company on june 9 1860 this was the first book to use the term dime novel dime novels were fictional stories printed as inexpensive paperback books and were immensely popular publications until about nineteen fifteen it was reported that three hundred thousand copies of melieska were sold stevens was paid two hundred fifty dollars for her story that has the purchasing power