Quotes About Putnam

Putnam rejects the idea that there is a single "scientific method." But he also thinks that this is not what Dewey meant when he appeals to scientific method in solving ethical problems. Rather, Dewey is appealing to experimentation, imaginative construction of alternative hypotheses, open discussion, debate, and ongoing self-corrective communal criticism.

Putnam increased the first print run to 75,000 copies, more than any science fiction hardcover printing in history.

Authors don't tend to stay with the same agents and editors over their entire lifetimes, but Grafton worked with Marian Wood, her editor at Putnam, from Kinsey's first outing, and signed with Molly Friedrich, still her literary agent, with the publication of 'B Is for Burglar.'

Marion Woodman. Bone: A Journal of Wisdom, Strength and Healing. Penguin Putnam: New York, 2000, p. 15.