Nevertheless, doctoral students managed to create publishable theses. He reported that the manuscript was publishable, but would require substantial modifications. A note found on the manuscript read&colon; "Publishable, but worth it?". Twain never compiled these writings and dictations into a publishable form in his lifetime. Much effort was made for Chesnutt to build this story into a publishable novel. This process has been described as splitting the results into the smallest publishable units. The Publons name is an homage to the "publon", the "minimum unit of publishable material".