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1878年，《斯克里布纳月刊》（Scribner’s Monthly）上一篇文章这样解释道：“如今，无法在杂志上发表作品、只能出书出版的，是二流或三流的小说家；而最优秀的小说家，总是首先出现在杂志上。”[4]:2
As a piece in Scribner's Monthly explained in 1878, "Now it is the second or third rate novelist who cannot get publication in a magazine, and is obliged to publish in a volume, and it is in the magazine that the best novelist always appears first."[4]:2Among the American writers who wrote in serial form were Henry James and Herman Melville. A large part of the appeal for writers at the time was the broad audiences that serialisation could reach, which would then grow their following for published works.
One of the first significant American works to be released in serial format is Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, which was published over a 40-week period by The National Era, an abolitionist periodical, starting with the June 5, 1851 issue.