Edgar Allan Poe’s bestselling book as a living author was a schoolbook he was hired to abridge and reorganize titled The Conchologist’s First Book. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2015/12/14/edgar_allan_poe_s_textbook_on_seashells_was_his_only_bestseller.html
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Fun Fact – The Raven Sold For Cheap
Before Edgar Allen Poe sold his poem The Raven for $9, or roughly $300 in today’s dollars, to The American Review, the owner of Graham’s Magazine gifted him $15 after turning Poe down because he thought the poem was a cry for help. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/28/priority-edgar-allan-poes-poem-raven-rejected-one-magazine-eventually-sold-9/