Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-10-03
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What becomes Of all the books! y
question al.nos: a. hard to answer ~
what becomes Of all the pinss Ths
junkmen. beins the real coroners ~
books. boti, gol snf bad. could tell
the tale better ti,an nnvb6dy else. Hui
there is much wonder Ia know wi,at he1
comes Of nany volumes before they lind
their way to obstruction to know why
they are ever bought or sold at all
/ ere IL no need to explain the vefY
few books whic., are wrilten and b0u0hti
Ia be read; and first editions and ralors
volames have fictitious value which ii
we'll un nsersteo.l. for tb!ic,naa;acs ru
erallv outbid the junkmen and postMs6t
the inevitable day of ..oid paper period
. few wears longer. But while booko
are still new what becomes of themRs
Hundreds of cnpies are published in ihls
country every day and thoussnds q
different books every year. or cours&y
only sn1sli proportion Of taese bbsl1
are read or meant a. be read. II aus
ihoixhip Or publishing depended entif
g VII iAs pssroas2s g sssds e1s S
be very small
.Of course. !" said the smiling naana-
ger Of one Of the large up-spwf fesaif
bookstores. there Is notion that hooks
are made 10 be read. but really that is
action that ought to be out Of date.
'Wnat are they used for? Well.
largely rs presents. OF course tho
Christmas presents are most all 0f this
class. but they ,sre by no means all that
ATE consumed rs presents Noboiy
ever reais book that has been given
to him. You see that iaule. count
On selling every book on IL for presen.
satlOn within ten davs. You see the
birthdays Of wives ana daughters and
sweethearts aud preachers come al. the
year around"
This artic G." said a worlflv-nfintied
salesman in religious bookstore, lis
gotten up especially for the country
preacher and Sinday-school man.
don't know whether they read them or
NOT. bat this style suits The trade; and
We know tina precisely rs dealers in cal
ic" know the tastes Of women in Texas.
I'VE make a' specially ii country
bibles. Th's ma:se of Holy Scriptures
s Il sure e, at c.uhtrv weddings. No
rural couple ever gets married .but
somebody presents such family bible
10 them.
'.r.is design is tr;fle more costly,
more snowy. too. 1t Is made purpose
|, for the southern anti western pulpits.
Now pulpit bibles are capital article.
'faey are almost always presented TO
the church BY somebody. aud the moro
il costs the donor the more blessed 40
f..c.s TO give it. AMT wnen man has
set his heart on making present to
church. he doa't stand on price. Some
'imcs this article is made to order.
''Ill give YOU an example. A He
siderable trade Wit, Methodist elder
in Nod-ta Carolina, got solid with his
customer and with the whole church BY
presen;ias. u big bible. We got the or
der. and | hope the people will get as
much pr til frnm that b BILE as we got.
'What becomes IT the books that are
put ON the market? Well" said
book-jobber, '.you know there is the
Snnday-sci.nol trade. PIT my. wnrst
books off on them very often n mean.
my worst selling books. They are all
good. YOU kaVw, too good for the pnb-
lie. and the pahlic don't buv 'em.
Whether ANYBODY ever reads TEN or
no: ,ave no n:csEs Il showing.
But there are other WAYS bv which
the Doak marset is kept movinr besidea
tho disposition IT books rs presents ant
s;oring tenn awsg in e0uatry libraries.
Thes sre uSeJ. every boly knows. very
largely as arm tlirei T,ien they are
sold by the yard. All retail bo * -sieal-
ers receive oriars from f:c'. people for
"a hrn ris, cf .uoS, opJ .u.,i, I,u,.,, ,:U.,~.
thai Is TO SAY, enough b,oks 10 till sd
MANY feet W shelves. In filing such
orders rs these mare attention. of course,
il paid 10 bindings than to literary
qualities OF books. Many people order
uniform bip.iin rs for the uost hetero-
geneous collections OF books, AMI others
order different bindings fef different
volumes Of the same work. Books xro
simply merchandise. and han,ilcd with.
out reference to literary appreciation.