Authors and publishers: a manual of suggestions for beginners in literature, comprising a description of publishing methods and arrangements, directions for the preparation of mss. for the press, explanations of the details of book-manufacturing, instructions for proof-reading, specimens of typography, the text of the United States copyright law and information concerning international copyrights, together with general hints for authors (1897)
Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930, Putnam, John Bishop, 1847-1915, joint author · New York, London, G. P. Putnam's sons · leaf 206
, and if thework is on the list of any regular publisher,the bookseller can fill orders for it at once. If,on the other hand, the book has been issuedwithout imprint and is not on any of the book-lists of the month, the intending buyer is likelyto leave the store unsatisfied, and may veryeasily be… … General ConsttJerations^ 185 No method of publishing arrangement can,of course, produce profits on books forwhich remunerative sales have not beensecured, or avoid losses on books of which thepublic has not been willing to purchase enoughcopies to return the cost of the production anddistribution.…
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