Literature Sales Increase in 1908

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Apr 8, 1909

Literature Sales Increase in 1908

FROM the secretary of the publishing department, we learn that the total retail value of books, periodicals, pamphlets, and tracts sold by this denomination during 1908 was, in round numbers, $1,278,000 as against $1,028,000 sold in 1907. This gain of almost exactly twenty-five per cent is the more remarkable in view of financial conditions in this country, which have caused a marked depression in very many lines of business. The retail value of literature furnished by the Review and Herald Publishing Association showed a gain of one hundred thirty thousand dollars as compared with the returns of 1907. The facts here submitted speak in no uncertain tone of the progress made in giving the closing message to the world. It is also very encouraging to note that the reports received thus far during 1909 show a very marked increase over the records for 1908.