The Annual Catalogue 1898 1899 PDF Download

Excerpt from The Annual American Catalogue, 1899: Being the Full Titles, With Descriptive Notes, of All Books Recorded in the Publishers' Weekly, 1899, With Author, Title, and Subject Index, Publishers' Annual Lists and Directory of Publishers Yet another interesting point is brought out by our table. We hear much ill-informed talk about the Spring as a publishing season. Some self-appointed directors of public opinion in matters relating to the book trade assume that there is practically no Spring season. How far they are mistaken our table proves. As was to be expected, November is. In a publishing sense, the heaviest month of the year. It is forty ahead of October. But March stands third. Being only sixty-eight behind November February, April, and May are all heavy. June is practically on a level with December, and is ahead of September. A comparative study of the figures of each month for the last few years shows conclusively that publishers are more and more spreading their books over the whole year. Indeed, if the Christmas book - that is to say. The book for children - were eliminated, it would, we suspect, be found that in the more important works spring stands as high as au tumu. It is wise. We think, to avoid crowding too many books into a particular season. Dur ing November. Christmas books of course come pouring out. Since the Christmas trade is an130011 production IN 1899. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.