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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 29, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 9.

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The Publishing Work

By E. R. Palmer

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference
E. R. PALMER - - - Secretary N. Z. TOWN - - - Assistant Secretary

The New Summary

THIS first colporteur's summary for the year 1912 will be studied with special interest because it strikes the key-note of progress, both in scope and in volume. By omitting the two columns showing the record of the two previous years, we are able to include the summary of our ten-cent magazine sales in America and the sales of missionary papers by colporteurs in foreign fields. Also by omitting the column showing the number of books sold, we have made space for a column showing the total value of book and periodical sales by colporteurs.
As indicated, the first three columns represent the book sales as they have appeared regularly in the monthly summary. Columns four and five represent missionary periodicals as they have appeared monthly in their summary, and the last column shows the total value of both. In order that the general progress of the two lines of work may be shown by comparison with previous years, we are continuing the two comparative summaries at the close. The first of these is the usual comparative summary which has appeared each month in connection with the report of the book sales, and the second is the comparative summary of ten-cent magazine sales in America.
The sale of missionary periodicals in foreign lands is not included in this final comparative summary, but is shown in the tabulated report from foreign union conferences and mission fields. The value of sales shown in this summary speaks well for the year 1912. There is a large increase in book sales over 1911, even though we had not received the usual reports from the North Pacific, West Canadian and Scandinavian Union Conferences. We were sorry to omit these reports from the first summary in the new year, but for some reason they have not come to hand. However, the summary as a whole is most encouraging. Each year the work is growing stronger in every part of the world, is reaching out and laying hold of new fields, and is making conquests where, from a human point of view, success could hardly be expected. E. R. P.