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1878年，《斯克里布納月刊》（Scribner’s Monthly）上一篇文章這樣解釋道：「如今，無法在雜誌上發表作品、只能出書出版的，是二流或三流的小說家；而最優秀的小說家，總是首先出現在雜誌上。」[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.