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    33a 3$te Publishers' Circular >^p^ t^ i«...

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    THE COPYRIGHT ACT.

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    The Attitude Of The 'Society Of Authors....

    " ¦ on I advertised . Commission - were is not . ' not satisfactory a bit of good either / ' Publishing for author \ or ^ F » publisher , J ^ * m » W ^ m ± » m 0 ^ m ~^ *» unless «>»*»^«^ M *^* the VA *^^ ' . work If «^«» » has ^^ m . W >^ a « v very V ^* m + W large ft and - » - ^^— — -

    most permanent satisfactory sale .. : The the author royalty knows system exactl is by y far what the he and their to do is also getting so own , I a am guarantee . guarantee sure Alth , my oug as from firm h to we would number have the printer never not of object cop been as ies to to asked sold g the ive ,

    number of copies printed . "We have long volunteered these guarantees in the case of advertisers who v v » ^^ advertise ^ umr ^^ v w ^^ *• ^ v * ^^ ^^ in « ^ our ^^ ^^ ^» magazines ^^ h ^» t . t pp % ^^^ " ^ ^ »* ^^ ^^ vw and ^ fc ^ ^ * w other tr ^* • ^ r ^» works v w - ^^ ^ ^»*^ * - ^ , h

    must but here be trust again in there honesty is no somewhere absolute : check we have : there to trust -mr ^ w w + * ** our ~^ r »• - ^ printers ^ v ^» » «¦ «* » ^ h ^^ to « r ^^ - print ^^ ^ A f ~ *^ and « w »* ^^ fc deliver ^^ ^» mr V ^ r ^» the V ^*^ ^^ exact ^» ^^» — w ^» **

    number of copies we order ; but if they liked to run honest the risk booksellers of printing the more chances and selling are that cop we ies should to

    disnever find it out . The royalty system is best , because it can be graduated so that an author shall get his fair proportion of profit . —\

    -The most curious paragraph we have seen in connection with this controversy has

    suddenly come before \ us in the New York Publishers' Weekly as a quotation from the

    letter of the London correspondent of the New York Tribune . English authors will be

    glad to hear that their rights are championed so honestly and powerfully on the other side

    of the Atlantic . The London correspondent of the Tribune takes an abnormal interest in

    English publishers , if not in English literature , and his words , from a trade point of view ,

    ate always worthy of notice . \ can * critic The Society remarks of * Authors has at la / * t this ou t impartial the natura Ameri- l

    timidity of a young , organisation , found grown the courage \ , ture of v * - ** its x . ^ a opinions Lord ~ r ~ ~ 1 x .- » L ^ fc . ^ ytton , and ^*> i ^»* , taken who 11 « . « \ # a presided »_ r a comp x ^*^&^»« < v ^ letel - % «» * ac m y new \ a . m crowded v / Jk depar \ * r if \ a v -

    meeting at Willis ' s Rooms , kept the beaten track in his polished address . It was Mr . Walter Besant who struck iat the riew note - >«¦ / « h . He m-m ^ set ik forth unflinch Mm

    -* w a- * ^^ 9 ^ va » ^^^^^ ^ r ^^ ^^ - » m ^^ v v ^^ ^ . p . ^ ^ ^^ ** ^ v ^ »* »^ * ¦ • • * , * »^ ^ b / > ingly a catalogue of those singular practices by which publishers secure to themselves an unfair proportion W ^ ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^^ ^* ** m ^^ ^* H of ^ h ^ ^ ik the ^^ b w ^ r profits B ^ «* ^^ tm ^ ^ ^^ of ^^ «¦ ^ a « r ^ book ^ ^* r ^^ ^ ^ . He ^ ^ ^ # showed p , ^ ^^ ^^ y 9 ^^ ^^ f ^

    how they set apart secret profits , withhold accounts , and present to the author fictitious statements of the that cost even of where his book all . is He aboveboard showed not the less publisher clearly

    takes for his services in introducing the book to the public more than twice or thrice what he allows the author for writing it . He announced 1 that the

    So-^» "v —^ v ^ r *^<** ^ r **~ w ^^ ^ * ^^ v ^^ ^ ^^^^^^ 1 ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^^ "V . *^> ^ i ^ ^ l ^^^^ q . V I ^ V VpAV ^^ ^ IV ^ H ^^ v w ^^ f ^^^ ciety henceforward would no longer be content with : to protecting establish individual a new princi s against ple on a inj new u & tice basi , b s of meant

    dealing the audience as between with authors him enthusiastical and publishers l . on He these carried and , , on other points . One or two y inorant of

    the real merits of the question , papers come , feebl g y to the rescue of the publishers , but English authors now

    tection know what . ' to aim at and whom to look to for pro-

    33a 3$Te Publishers' Circular >^P^ T^ I«...

    33 a 3 $ te Publishers' Circular >^ p ^ t ^ i « a ^

    The Copyright Act.

    THE COPYRIGHT ACT .

    To the Editor of the Publishers' Circular . Deajr . Sir , —You say of the four libraries ,

    ; . leged besides under the Jiritiph the Copyri Museum ght Act , which : —* The are pri other vi-C ^ ' '

    libraries printed , upon ovdy , chi the demand paper , of » re which . entitled the tor 'largest books

    shall n nnnri umper ' hfir be printed of of copies coniaa for of of sale such such .. books As books an --or or interval editions editi ^ n of ttwelve welve month montns s is is allowed anowea after alter pu pubonc licat ation ion .

    cheap editions may therefore be sent to these , libraries dfeM . ' i

    ^ m ^ m n ^ ^^ ^*^ m * ^^^^ v | every You book are in and error ¦ of ih . , any * A second ¦ copy of or the subsequent whole h of I

    alterations edition ^^^ p ^ ^^ Mp H ^ V ^ p W ^^ ^ of ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^— every , ^ ' ^^^—^^ must —^ - ^^^ ~— book ^^^ r be - ^^^^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ f- m containing ^^* m d ^ " ^^ elivered ~—^ r — — — additions — * within - ~ - ^— —¦ ^ - ^— and ^^ one ~ ^^^ r ^^^^^^ ^^ 0 I

    as ^ month fc ^^^ " ^» ^^ aforesaid ^^^ ^^ ^^^ p ^^ ^^ after ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ , ^ m . ' demand ^^^^^^^ The ^ ^^^>^ b ^ ¦ ^^ ¦ ^^ * interval made ^ ^ ^^^ —^ — — there of —¦— — twelve — — of in months writing — — ^ ^^^^ v ^ '

    is the time allowed to the libraries to claim ir > . Yours very truly , ]

    » r mf * L E . B . Nicholson . - Bodleian Library , Oxford . |

    [ Our exception intention s to was the to general show that custom there followed might b be y J publishers , who now send all their books

    regu-Librarians cu larl larl sto y v m without urUhon has , b too t een demand demand , we so f fancy ree . ly "We We , accepted would cannot cannot be b say sav y g the lad how how Trade to this this be . Tfiliuvftd from th « accession of roanv useless » ~<

    books ^^ b ^^^ ^ P ^ B ^^^ V . ^^ — ^ " ^^ Ed ^^ ^ B * ^^ . ^ ^ VB ^ P . a V ^ ^ H ] ^ B ^ ^ Btf ^ V ^^^ ^^ r ^^ W ^^ ™^^ ^^ *^^^ ^^*^^ ^^* ^^^ ^^ ^ " *~ ^^ M ^ " — — ~— ^

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    lishing The National a new series Society of ' s Depository Scripture is pub ints

    suitable ater a for ttract schools iveness , the in aim desi being and to col offer our , gre gn ,

    and intro reli ducing gious , as feeling far as of possibl the earlier e , the painters dignity

    perp but 4 avoiding lex the children the simp of ly to archaic -day . features The pictures which ,

    Adoration The Blessing of the of Shep the herds Children ' are ' and w rea ' The dy .

    E Other /\ gyp . * t' p i and ct * ures the al * Entombment read y , are . the mm ' * Fli tni * ght v ¦ into i

    to The bring Oxford "but a University group of Press * Jubilee has determined ' Prayer I '

    and Books in . different These may colours be had of leather in different . On sizes the side is embossed a tasteful * Jubilee' design . The Prayer Books are very elegantly produced .

    • London The very of To- popular day' by Mr illustrated . Charles E handbook . Pascoe ,

    is well now up in to its date third — , has year just . The been new published edition— by ,

    Messrs . Sampson Low <& Co . T . In Preston - ~— view -r- F of . R - . the Hist - ~~ - Jubilee . S . ¦ ¦ has ¦ i ~^ mw this comp year iled , , Mr and .

    of Messrs ^ the — ^^ — G . Whittaker — - , ^ m ian ~ - w — Jubilee — - — — - — - & ~ — Co _ - m ^ . —^ m . . ¦¦ , The ^ w _ ill ^ v ^ v book publish ^^^ v ^^^ r ^^^ h ^ v will ^ v ^ B ^^ p , ^^ m ^ ^ a ^^^ r contain ^^ VW reco W ^ M ^^^ ^ " ^^ rd eorg

    addresses auth — - ¦ - — — — en - - — — ¦ — ticated — presented _^ BJ ^ " ~ — details — ' ¦ ¦ —^ " — — of to ^ " ^ " ¦ - all the ¦ ^^~ ^ " ^^^ ^^ the ^ - King ^^^^^ ^^^^ p more ^^ h v ^ n ^^ v ^ p ^ K ^ , h besides nip importan ^^^ r r ^^ r ^ mm ^^ r ^^ ^^^ w ^^ an — t II

    great exhaustive national account festival of collected the celebration from all of parts that | I of the kingdom . I

    The first -article in the Art Journal ( Virtue & Co . ) for April is devoted to * a con the - I

    sideration of the unique position which President McNeil of Wh the istler Society holds of in British the art Artists world , < Mr It .

    •> J . JMLcJNeil W matter , , holds in the art world . xv vI ^^^^^^^^ ' ^^^^ ' ^ i ^ mm mmmw' ^^ 'm ^^ mm ^ m ^ m ^^^^ mm ^ aMfmmi L ^^ m ^^ mmmmmMfmmm ^ ^ mmtmim , ^ mwm ^ im ^ mmm ^ mKmmmwtm ^ mmwm ; ^ mwmmmmmmwmmm ^ i - ^ fll

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 1, 1887, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01041887/page/10/