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...Almost all of them seem to end up at Collier's at one time or another-like the assistant city editor of the Louisville Times, who sent the spy after Collier's. The assistant city editor had peddled encyclopedias for two weeks once, and hadn't been able to sell a single...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...Collier's relies on a bastardized version of psychology to sell its goods. To most of the prospective salesmen who were in training with me, the sales pitch we were supposed to give seemed rude and obnoxious. We were naive enough to be amazed that it could sell anything. But a student who worked for Collier's in 1968 is convinced he has an explanation...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...further introduce myself, I'm with Collier's, the former publishers of Collier's, the American, and the Woman's Home Companion Magazines...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

Then the man interrupted. My instructors at Collier's hadn't told me what to do when people interrupted...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

...subdivisions I worked were almost as horrifying as the Collier's sales pitch. There were flags everywhere-on poles, stuck on cars, even pasted to front doors. There were even more yapping dogs than there were flags. And at least three of the streets seemed to be named "Waco...

Author: By David N. Hollander, | Title: The Almost Free Encyclopedia | 10/28/1969 | See Source »

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