Napoleon Hill's First Editions

NAPOLEON HILL'S FIRST EDITIONS NOT EVEN A PENNY FROM HILL’S BILLIONAIRE BENEFACTORWhen steel baron Andrew Carnegie convinced Napoleon Hill to take on the task of researching and writing the world’s first philosophy of success, he warned Hill that it would take twenty years to complete and he would have to do it on his own. Carnegie explained that his contribution would be to introduce Hill to the most successful and influential men in the world so Hill could learn their secrets of success, but Carnegie made it clear that he would not pay Hill a salary and, in fact, it would be up to Hill to finance the costs of the research. Hill accepted the challenge, and to support himself, his family, and the research, Hill launched several businesses. He turned himself into a sales trainer, an advertising and marketing consultant, an educator, a lecturer, a writer, and perhaps most important, he became a magazine publisher. HILL’S MAGAZINES WERE A SENSATIONBetween 1918 and 1924, Napoleon Hill launched and published two monthly magazines: Hill’s Golden Rule and Napoleon Hill’s Magazine. As he set out to put together the first issue, Hill very quickly found himself faced with a lot of blank pages and little money to pay writers, so he wrote every word of the first issues himself.