The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-08-24
The Book Trade

very lew people, we presume, mol spec1aliy IN
,ereeted have any idea Of the extent of the Pub
fishing and BookselIing business in the United
Safes. We have been looking over statistics
on this head recently, and have been asohi,hed
ourselves at the immensely of it, and its rapid
increase, especially wi.hin very few years.
Thirty years since, all the business was done
by three or four houses each of the large
Eastern cries anG country bookstores were al
together unknown. Now large cities become
great book maris, where millions of dollars ere
invested in the publication and sale Of books and
from which millions of volumes are annually
sent out all over the country. There is hard
| ly village of any importance but has its book
store; these constituting thousands of veins and
arteries through which flows the lie.b.ood Of
knowledge aud general Intelligence, which is
the pride of our country, is d;fused among
the people. So ne idea may be formed of the
business from The fact that during The year 1882,
over 1900 entire new works were published hy
100 differer, publishing houses, besides inuum-
cradle new eel ions Of books published in form
er years. Each Of these books had sale dur
ing the yenr of from 1000 to 300, 600 COPIES,
In our city the increase of the business has
been rema' kabe. Five wears since there was
but one Store, we think, while now, there are
four or five houses, doing principally whole
sale bu-lness TO large amoun'; besides, srme
smaller retail Stores. One of these establish
ments. Messrs. JEwETT, PEocToR & WoR-
THINGToN's, we have recently visited. This
| firm is connected with the large pubii,hlng house
t-of JOHN P. JEwETT Il Co., of Boston, aud their
facilities for o5taining books of all kinds, are
such that they are enabled TO compete success.
fully with eastern houses at wholesale, while
their position as co-pubIishers gives them large
business Of itself in their books. They
publish large list Of works in the difereRt
| departments, OF all sizes, from the miniature
juvenile, 10 the theological works in heavy oc
iayo volumes Many of their books have had
very large saes-one of them, Uncle Toms
Cabin, alone challenging the world TO produce
lis equal 500 600 of this book and the Key to
it, have been published and SID by this house.
Over 100, 600 of which have been sold by the
| oioNcioha iOuS0' @hHoJ holhO ioSohIJ pun
lished by them has recently reached sale OF
%, 900 and it is on the increase These rank,
together with others which they are constantly
bringing out have given JEwETT, PRocToR q
| WoTHNeToN, notoriety among book dealers
and the public generally, which is unequalled
by that Of any other house in the western Sta,es
They have just removed from their old stano
to store No. l62 Superior street, which they
have fitted up in fine style consisting moi only o
convenience to themselves, but good taste ia al
the arrangements. Their salesroom is 100 fee
deep by 20 broad, and high in proportion.-
Their show windows are cased in, and large
portion Of their shelving is covered with glass
doors, keeping the stock, nice and clean. A
glanceSat their stock, shows by the piles o
school books and stationery, The various exten
of their wholesale business, while at the seme
time they pay particular attention to the retai
department. receiving almost daily supplies o
new and valuable books.
We are glad TO see these evidences of proper
ity among our book merchants, and would ad
wise all bookbuyers far and near 10 send IL
Cleveland for supplies as It is really getting IL
be "a great marker, and buyers can do as vel
here, as to go east.-F'orest City,