Title
The Reader’s Digest
Coverage
Pleasantville, N.Y.
Publisher
The Reader’s Digest Association
Date
January 1920
Subject
Pre-publication issue
Description
Dewitt Wallace had an idea to create a magazine for readers who had neither the time nor money to scout out material of “lasting interest.” He collected thirty articles from magazines in his local library, edited them for brevity, and amalgamated them into this prototype called Reader’s Digest. The idea took two years to come to fruition, but it went on to become one of the most lucrative publishing ventures in American history.