In 1902, he left the Review to become a literary advisor to D. Appleton & Company.

From 1887 to 1901 he was literary advisor to T. Y. Crowell Publishing Company.

Ursula Wood became Ralph's literary advisor and personal assistant.

For 35 years (1930-1965) he was the literary advisor to Macmillan Publishers.

From 1966-73, he was the literary advisor to the University Press and director of the Letras de América collection.

There he married Maria Alekseeva who became his literary advisor as well as his spouse and friend.

From 1880 he devoted himself entirely to literature, eventually becoming the literary advisor of the Cotta publishing house.

Nevins is the literary advisor to the Woolrich estate.

Around the time of his second novel, he became a literary advisor for Les Editions de Minuit and occupied this position from 1955 until 1985.

From 1888 until 1926 he was a literary advisor at Charles Scribner's Sons.