Famous Book Rejections

‘Gone With the Wind’ was turned down by 38 publishers. Judy Blume suffered 2 years of nothing but rejections. A publisher who passed on ‘Animal Farm’ told George Orwell, “It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA.” So we learn from Neatorama, which has compiled an amusing list of famous books that had a hard time making their way into print.

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