SUCCESSFUL BOOK by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Aug 2, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 31.

SUCCESSFUL BOOK

By Editor

SELLING

As an indication of the fact that books containing the Gospel Message for this time find homes ready to receive them, we give below the report of the work of six agents for the three weeks ending July 1, 1905:

Name	Hours	Orders	Value
A. D. Guthrie	100	72	$396.00
W. R. Beatty	48	34	217.45
H. S. Carter	99	118	201.95
Floyd R. Moore	117	105	166.25
Chas. W. Fusch	123	85	128.00
W. E. Floding	67	15	85.25
	554	429	$1194.90

There are several features of this report to which we wish to call special attention:

1. It is not made up of a few hours or days here and there, but represents three ordinary, continuous weeks, without thought on the part of the workers of any publicity being given to it. In fact each man, with the exception of Mr. Floding—and his report includes but two weeks—lost from one to three days.

2. This work was not done in "picked" territory by any means. Mr. Guthrie has been in the mountains of Idaho and Utah, in what has been supposed to be very difficult territory indeed. This report includes the first three weeks' work by Mr. Beatty in the city of Vancouver, B. C. Messrs. Carter, Moore, and Fusch are in portions of California that have already been worked with the same book. Mr. Floding is in a very ordinary portion of the interior of California.

3. The work has been done with our regular books—"Desire of Ages," "Heralds of the Morning," and "Home Handbook."

We do not wish to give the impression that these men did not work, and work hard, for they certainly did. We do wish, however, to emphasize the fact that men who will study these books as these men have studied them, will prepare themselves as these men have prepared themselves, and work as these men have worked, may meet with similar success, because the time, the territory, and the books are representative.

We will be glad to correspond with those who desire to circulate these and other Gospel-filled books. To those with whom satisfactory arrangements can be made we will furnish all necessary information and instruction as to how to proceed, through our branch offices and general agencies.