Chapter 61: Fifty-Sixth - : Trouble Always Comes Uninvited
Back at the Church, Colin naturally had his work to do, Logan took Miriam home, and Faye began preparing dinner with the little leopard, little wolf, and little lamb.
Malin, having nothing to do while the girls chose to enter the kitchen, pulled out today’s Carterburg Times from his personal mailbox at the Church, and then casually mailed his own manuscript to the National Publishing House in Carterburg—publishing in this world was very strict, and anyone wanting to publish books and picture albums had to register with the National Publishing House, also submitting the manuscript for confirmation—otherwise, no one would know what you were printing.
Even with confirmation, smooth sailing wasn’t guaranteed; inspectors would extract a certain number of books from the market to verify if their publication process complied with the regulations.
If compliant, all was good; if not, then the head of the publishing house could only visit personally with his team to deliver "warmth"—indeed, it was not uncommon for books to have errors, but they certainly couldn’t be filled with content like "The Love of a Kind Father," "The Blood God and I," "Parrot Breeding," and "The High and Mighty Senior Fell for Me."
Such content could lead to the loss of lives, and not just a few, but a blunder could result in total annihilation.
Therefore, Malin could only mail his manuscript to the publishing house and wait for the inspection to be completed before asking them to contact the printer for publication.
Speaking of printing, it was also a troubled area, which somewhat affirmed Malin’s belief—that more knowledge doesn’t necessarily equate to more reliability.
Otherwise, why would the National Publishing House guard against printers as if guarding against thieves?
Back in his room, Malin started reading the newspaper. Although recent events in Carterburg had been plentiful, the Times still managed to write about all the issues.
This caused Malin to become a bit curious about the newspaper’s background; much of this information was published without being decrypted.