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Paperback surge for The Joy of Cooking sets record price
The Joy of Cooking paperback rights at 1.5 million dollars tops all book rights sales. Half goes to Bobbs-Merrill and half to Marion Rombauer Becker, with her family benefiting from the cookbook boom. The 1931 edition sparked a long, profitable run, selling six million copies across five hardcovers. Becker notes the windfall brings little desire for material things.
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Cincinnati
Becker
Vassar
Rombauer
Indianapolis
Ina Hollweg Vonnegut
Kurt
Lawrence Chambers
Bobbs- Merrill Reports