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WILL TYPEWRITING INTERFERE
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The Demor^Iilsation Of The American Book...
!» with the duty on books added , to # 12 . 60 , and * three days after the arrival of the book on the
f American shore , a piratical edition appeared ( number at 15 cents of other per copy reprints , soon at a followed similarly by low a
1 i price pp | B | p > ^ Ip ^ p » ^^ pi *^ pv m ^ fc ^ pfc ^ fc . *^^* ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^™ ^*^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^™ ^^^* ^^^ ^^^™ ^ p ^ " ^ ^ F ^^ ^^^™ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ ^ p ^^^™ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ~ ~~ ™ ^~^~ ^^ r ^^ | . 'The American PPfPI irate publishers of these 1
jj poorl V ^ PPPPPppp y - PPPP > made ^ PV ~^ PPPP ^ pppppv ^^^ pppi ^^ PPPPI ^ PPPP . - ^ pp » ch e ap - ^ " p PH " — editions - — — - — —¦ - M- ^ consider — these fc reprints ^^ only as merchandise , and -A not in _ ^^_ _ . ppppp a Vptf
1 the sense of books , 7 for — which ^ ^ the author l ! should receive part of the profit resulting ij from their sale r »/ ^ ii . They base their calculations - ^ p ^ ¦ " ~—
I a ^^ ^^ ^ A 4 LV ^ pp # A ^ LW ^^ ^ LW ^ p ¦ ^ pfc ^^ ^ h ^ ^ k ^ ^ pppir y r *^ ^ pw ^ ppppf ^ pir ^ . r ^ p »^ ^ r ^*^ m ^ r w v ^ ¦ - ^^ ^ ^ ^~ ^^ ^~^— , , ' in placing them on the market , on a * small I profit h P over PPPPP ^ the outlay i for composition ~— ~~
presswork ^* - ^^^ —m ^ r ^ " ^^ " *^» ~~ and ~^ PP" ^ PPP paper » ^^— " ^^ " ™ . *»— ~— ~ " ~ — -- ~»— ~~ The ^ » American V reading , ^» ^ H public at large consists of people of every
calling and station in life , and is of a more democratic democratic character character than than the the JUiuropean European . . it It
) is unlike the reading public among our Eng j lish cousins b the majority of which consists -- of
1 re ^ b ^^ a ^^ aders ^ b ^ ^^ ^^^ i ^ i ^ ftfom r ^ ¦ r- ^ ^^ p ^^ , ^ the # ^^ ^ i ^^ ^ so fc- ^ ta ^ fc ^ ii'w ¦ -called ^ i ^^ ^^ ^» ^^ » ' ^^ better ^^ » » ^ " ^ " ^ " ^^ ^ " classes ^— ^^^ ^^^ ——^^^ ^— —^ ^ who v *^^ — : are in the habit of borrowing from a library ,
1 the ^ it p ^ ^^ is ^^ III books an ^ k ^^ p ^^^^ b established - ^ £ ^ they ^ 4 B ^ ^^ ^ fc ^^ F ¦ ' ^ r ^^^^ " read ^ ^^ ^^ - ^" r ^ . ^» custom b Wiiji — — — - i American to purchase h 1 readers -r — and — — ,
own the books they wish to read , and conse-\ quently they cannot afford to pay the high Eng ¦ HV % lish H pricesdue to the limited editions of
\ most ^^^ ^^^^ ^ K ^^ ^^ ^^^ of ^^^» W ^ their ^ ^^ m ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ , T popular ^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ books ^ . ^^ The — — English publishers should themselves issue cheap
editions of their novels and popular books for , the American market , and they should be
protected in their rights by an international copyri books g at ht reasonable ( tB law . To compel prices ¦ ¦¦ them could ¦ to probabl H issue their y be
pf ^^^ ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ ± ^^ ^ f ^^^ f ^ V . ^^*^ ^ fc ^^ i * ^^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ^~ ^ h * ' ^ ^^ - ^^ ^ 'i ^ H « " ^^ ^ i ^ ^^" — ^— - ^ F- — - " ' — — ^— — " ^^ " ^ - ~— ' ^ achieved , if the law stipulated that all books ; copyri f h fc hted in America PiV ¦ F must ¦ ¦ be manufac - -
^ f ^^ ^ » ^ f ^ f ^ ^^ g ^ , ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ i ^^ B ^ IB ^^ ^^ ^ n ^ ^^^ - * ~^ m- ^^— " - ^ - ^— ^ ^ '" ^ " -- — — — ^^^ - ^ tured , that is , printed—composition and presswork included r —on this ¦ - side ¦ of the Atlantic .
^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^ . ^ p _ ^^ ^^ ^^ - ^ h ^ . 1 ^ ^ k ^^ ^ p »^» ^ ' ^ i ~^ r ^ m ' ^^ ^^ ~ " — ^» — " ^ ' — " ^ - »~ ^^ ' — — An arrangement like this would also settle the question of duty on books , which should
be repealed at the same time . No governiXA ment VIA V * should tJA IV tllvi tax XJIMI ^ . * . anything WA . M . V VI 4 A M . M . C ^ that «^ . A & C ^ V «/ J fosters . V * - KJ % f ^ S M- + J educa ^^ * - * «_« . ^_/«^ - <
1 tion and tends to enlighten the masses , and every person with the best interests of the
community at heart must be in favour of admitting ¦¦ *¦»¦ ¦ free — — of duty — all bookseducational — — —
»• instruments » ^ - - » ^ ^ « - " ^^^*^^ , */ , globes »/ , & 4 ^ , c . The loss , of a few hundred ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^ ^ p ^^^ p ^ ^ p ^^ ^ p ^^ p ^ ^ p ^^^ p ^ thousand ^ i ^ fr ^ i ^ k ^ p ^ . ^^ p # ^ ^ p ^(^»^ p > ~^^ ^ p" ^ ^ p ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ dollars ^ pp" ^ pp" ^ ppp ^ i ^^ ^» - ^^ — ^^ per »^^ ^^^ ^^^ annum ™ ^— ^^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ™ i ¦ ^^ ^^ ¦ i , ^ p now ^ ¦
. derived from duty on such articles , could be easilborne by the Governmentconsidering
the y great benefit which would , accrue to students i 1 and all othersby reducing the cost
r ^ p * ^ ppr ¦ p ^ rn ¦ the 'i . - ^^ ^ p » pp"pp » ^ p » imp r * - ~ ¦ pb ^ pp « lements ^— ——— — — — — they — — , 9 need * M for the — ^^^ w prosecu — — - tion of their work or the enlightenment of
their mind .
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. 'i . ' ¦ ' iY ' . r . ; I rl 52 The Publishers' Circular Oct . i , 188 9
Will Typewriting Interfere
WILL TYPEWRITING INTERFERE
WITH PRINTING ? Visitors to the lower part of New York and
to the centres of the other great cities are pJPI struck ^ p * - ^ , 1 * ^ P ^ ^^^ ~^ p > ^ PPP »^> V with W ^^ ^ P » ^ " ¦"" the ' ^ " ^ ~~ great p ^^^^ number — — _ - of g ^ p ^ B ^ p . irls and m
young men employed in business offices as typewriters At lunch time there are now always women at the tablesan unusual sight
a dozen years ago . Throug , hout the business districts > pppppk p ^ ppr »^ pppp » are ^ ppp ^^^ p ^ ppr - al - ~»— 3 — D — to — ~ be - — — found — - — — - offices - —¦ - —— —~ where »¦ - — — — —¦— a —— t-^ , pp ^ p ^ ppf ^ pi ^ ppppp" ^ p ^ ^ pi ^ ^ p— '
page or a thous ind pages of manuscript can be taken iPP 1 in pi one ¦ ¦ i i day and returned the next in
V ^ pbp ^^ pW PfPpWP ^ PPpi ^ PP >^ p ^ pppp ^^^«^ pp" pp .. " ^ ^^^ ^ — — g — — — ^ - ^ — ' — - ^ — shapely , printed form . The arguments of
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counsel , the speeches of politicians , the sermons of divines , are thus made legible .
The County Clerk ' s office and the Registrar ' s have a large proportion of their papers thus written PPPPF PPPPPPPi . Is the practice likely to extend 1 ^^^ PPPK ^ ^ PPt ^ ^ ^ ^ PPB ^ _ ^ PPl ^ ^ ^ PB *
Will it interfere with printing , and to some extent render the compositor unnecessary ? is so Su ntuch ch inquiries superior are in natural legibilit y T to ypewri ordinary ting
writing that he a . who has once •/ become ac - customed to it will never abandon its use . It
is far cheaper , also . The cheapest kind of printing done in New York is about 25 cents
for 100 words , but the typewriter only-asks a fifth of that , and some do work which
probablv bably is is not not more more than than a a tenth tenth in in cost cost . . It It is is easier to read from a distance and easier to see at ni - ght than printed matter --- the -- being
roug — h m and __ the ribbons carry ____ _^ — ing , _ _ ^ much p ,, paper y ¦*» >» r ^ r ^ colour fc w *^ ^ . ^ ^ a *^ . It is also practicable to duplicate , thus making
one writing answer for several copies .- It : is for these reasons that some printers have
feared that it might in turn come to be used where ----- — type - ^ j ^ — work - now - is , particularly j— — ' ——^ _»¦ — - ^ « " —* w > ^ w in ^^^ . ^ law b « . IW f » « ^ >• pr ^ r ^^ _
cases and briefs . The usage on these varies from fifteen to twenty «/ -five — cop ies—7 , rarel . y going O O
beyond the latter number . But in many cases three are enough : one for the judge , one for
the the opposing ODDOsinsr counsel counsel , , and and one one to to retain retain . . SSix > i * or eight copies , or even more , can be made by typewriter m § fr when ~ the ¦ proper «^~ ~^ ¦ ^ kind —^~ ™ ¦¦ ^ of * -ppp ^ ^ p ^ ^ ribbon p ^ ^ Pte ^ p ^^ Wm ^ ^ ppp * P ^^^ PW ^ is »^ p *
used . Should the practice in this line of the typewriter tenerence terference witn with become general , there might be
inty typographical pograpnicai work work . . Such Such , at at least telligent , has persons been . the apprehension of many ,
in-Careful consideration , however , will show that this will not be the case . w What
consti-— — - — — — - — - ^ - - ^ - ^ — - » - ^^ ^ pppr • ^ h ^ vW ^ p # ^ * i _ r ^ LV AP >^ F ^ pp *^ tutes one essential idea of type use is that the letters or words which are can be
replaced by others . An error wrong once made can be — — repaired _ _ _ ^ - _ . _ . This . _ insures _ „ ,., accuracy _ . ^ ~ v . «_ ,. » m ¦•*¦ w , m ^ for v ^ Jk after « MpT & ^^ pp /*^
the they — i letters can - - - - be - have - carefull — — — all y been w revised - ^ - pp . — p ~ mr laced r and b . m ^^ ^^ p in ^ , compared ^^ ^^ position ^ jj ^ b ^ - ^^ j . ^^ ^^ .
by a person who did not originally place them in orations advance order , . of and For delivery discourses this , reason because are many put these in speeches type changes in ,
can nan duplication be be made made can over over be and and resorted over ov « r again acrai to . on While WViil the , type too fr » n - , writer — - — ^— — - — - , y - it — is - — onl — ^— ^— — y w to — — ' a pphi p . ^ limited pp . ^ m « p » ^» ^ m ^ pb « pr ^ p ^ p # ^ ppp *^ b extent ^ Ip , ^ ^ pb ^ pV ^ p ^ ^ p ^^ Ak pA % ¦ # . # The Jl ^ ^^ A ^ pppr
jud case several ¦ ge , but mi counsel g he ht mi be g content ht on not each . with side There p a ¦¦ sing and pki are le frequentl copy ies of get bh y a
— - — — — — ' — ——— - ^ - —^^ ™ «» . p ™ ^ ppp , ^ p ^ rfipb ' ^¦ pf ^ cop ~^ p ^ ^ LJ g m ^ r ^ l ^ p ^ pf P > ^ r ^¦ p' ^ destroyed by use . By typography twenty cop Kjyj ^ rx ies ^ o are * vm . ^ j as **» j cheap \ uj . M . \^ m , £ s , n nearl a ii ^ cam . x y j , , c as * o one uiic ; , b vy y type ivuc
writing they cost five or six times as much . The — dup — licatestoofrom — — — a typewriter are «^ w not *¦
as good as the , original , . They _/ _» are ^^ fainter ^^ ^ a ^^ and ** ^ weaker - - — — , -j and , generall i m — — — y f being — — - ^^ J ^ made ¦ ™ *• ^*» ¦¦¦ ^ " ^ with * » ^ ^^ vVJk anilin * ^^ ^^ ™ e
colours , are liable to fade out altogether . The printed m page ¦ - is - practically indestructible —— - — " — ¦—¦ rv- . Take -ak > fcfc ¦»¦
a a also — — great ereat , the deal deal question f ^ j — more more j ^ — of in in — — compactness the the ^ — — — same same —• - ^^ " . s *^ nacfi ^* - » ^ T ^ . ype ^ and and puts m ^^* " it it , -j space
looks a great deal better . For these , reasons it ~ is — - improbabl ¦ - ~ - e" that - - — - — typewriting ~ npp - ^ pw i will ever
—^ — — — — — — — — — — — ' — p— ^ j w * . ^ mm -m * ^ fc ^ ph p ^ p ^ ^ p ^ p ^ y y ^¦ vwpWpiv ^^ 0 w ™^ injure typography in the least , but will * rather add to the demand for it . Becoming !
accusbest tomed form to . — leg The ibility American , the public Bookmaker will ask . ) for its
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Oct. 1, 1889, page 1152, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01101889/page/20/
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