Editing Systemantics (section)

== History ==
The book was initially self-published after Gall received rejection letters from 30 publishers. After several reviews in academic journals, it was picked up by [[Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company|Quadrangle–The New York Times Book Company]], who published it in 1977.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Serrin |first=Judith |date=1977-01-05 |title=Why Things Just Won't Work |pages=1C, 5C |work=[[Detroit Free Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/98263004/ |access-date=2023-09-20 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> A condensed version was also published in ''[[The New York Times]]'' prior to the book's publication.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gall |first=John |date=1976-12-26 |title=Why nothing works the way it's supposed to: Systemanantics |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/122788800 |access-date=2024-01-12 |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=SM3 |id={{ProQuest|122788800}} |via=[[ProQuest]]}}</ref>