How Our Publications Are Appreciated
By Editor
An examination of our sales books reveals the following figures, which we believe will be of interest to our friends, as it indicates a growing appreciation of, and demand for, publications on religious topics. This, as nearly all know, is a large volume—one of the finest as well as the most expensive we have ever published. During the past four months its sales have been as follows:—
1,508 Cloth, Plain Edges
1,244 Cloth, Marbled Edges
209 Cloth, Gilt Edges
108 Library, Marbled Edges
92 Full Morocco
3,161 Books in all Its sales have been . . . . . . .
569 Cloth, Marbled Edges
180 Library, Marbled Edges
749 TOTAL Passing by BIBLE READINGS with its sale of 433 copies; CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR with its 4,000 copies; GOSPEL PRIMER with its 13,072, and 801 volumes TESTIMONIES FOR THE CHURCH, we note of which we have sold 2,725 copies, while has enjoyed a circulation of 3,367 copies. Our health books have been selling well, as the following figures will show: 467 HOME HANDBOOK; 310 LADIES' GUIDE; 2,000 FRIEND IN THE KITCHEN; 4,182 HOUSE WE LIVE IN; 184 HEALTH. Among our smaller publications we might refer to MARSHALING OF THE NATIONS, with the sale of nearly 25,000 copies; or to THE GLAD TIDINGS, of which nearly 10,000 have been circulated. Our tracts have been also selling rapidly; as we stated in these columns two weeks ago, last month's sales averaged over 73,000 pages daily. HERALDS OF HIS COMING, a short treatise on the signs of Christ's soon coming, has been one of the most popular, it sells for only 98c per 100 and contains an excellent chart showing the prophecies which relate to the important event indicated in its title. LABOR AND THE MONEY POWER, an illustrated tract by Professor Rine, has also sold well. It treats the subject referred to in its title in an able and interesting manner, and contains much valuable information about the increase of wealth. Its price is $1.40 per 100. A descriptive Catalog of our publications sent on request, also a booklet announcing our very latest issues Pacific Press Publishing Co.
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