The Publishing Work by Editor

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. · May 30, 1912

The Publishing Work

By Editor

Conducted by the Publishing Department of the General Conference

N. Z. Town - - - - Secretary

The Summary

Our summary this month should lead us to review our forces to see where the weaknesses are that have caused us to do less during April than during the corresponding month of last year. Last month's summary is also in advance of this month, but this is partly due to the fact that in the March summary the report for one large union was for two months, while the report from Japan was for the full year 1911.

Examining the summary in detail, we find, however, that the first four unions in the North American list, and the last three, all show a loss in book sales over March, while the three Southern and the Central and Northern Unions show a gain. Every union in North America except the Pacific also shows a falling off in periodical sales. Judging from the encouraging letters, however, which we are receiving from our field men, we believe that we shall see a better showing in these different unions in the next summary. The foreign reports also show a slight decrease.

We are glad to see the excellent periodical report from Southern California. There are only three unions outside of the Pacific that sold more periodicals than that one conference. As we study these reports and see where we have come short, let us do our utmost to keep the work growing each month in the future.