Book Publishers

Book publishers, as a whole, may be divided into those who publish a general list and those who publish a technical list. The needs of these classes show a sharp division, although a few publishers buy both kinds of manuscripts. Any book publisher will be glad to supply his catalogue of publications upon demand, and from this catalogue the range can be seen.

Book manuscripts may best be sent by express, fully prepaid-never by parcel post. If sent by mail at all, stamps to the amount of first class postage must be affixed. They should be packed flat and the pages numbered, not by chapters, but consecutively throughout. Neither too thin nor too thick paper should be used, and it is of the utmost importance that the typing should be neat and uncrowded. Use double space in typing. A carbon copy should invariably be kept. In the letter accompanying the manuscript the editor may be asked in case of rejection to return the manuscript by express, charges collect. Book manuscripts should not be sent insufficiently wrapped, poorly typed, and with a letter under separate inclosure.

Contracts with book publishers are of many kinds, from an outright purchase to a part royalty or complete royalty basis. In some instances the author bears the entire cost of publication. Such a contract should be entered into, however, only advisedly and with caution, as it nearly always results in financial loss to the author.

ABINGDON PRESS. (See Methodist Book Concern.)

AINSWORTH & COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Publish educational books only. Report immediately. Buy manuscripts outright.

THOMAS ALLEN, PUBLISHER, 215 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Reports as follows: "We do not publish in Canada, but refer and publish practically all fiction, juvenile books, etc., through Houghton, Mifflin Co., Boston, as we are their Canadian representatives. We read manuscripts, and if favorable forward to Houghton, Mifflin Co."

ALLYN & BACON, 50 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. Editors, Paul V. Bacon and John Allyn. Publishers of school, high school and college text-books, including books on languages, mathematics, classical subjects, and the sciences. Manuscripts are reported on in two to ten weeks, and books are published on the royalty basis exclusively.

HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY, 1326 Vine Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Publishes juvenile fiction for children from a very young age up to 12 or 14 years. At present they are in need of illustrated books for very little children. They also publish a line of children's books in series. These books average about 50,000 words. They report at once, and both buy outright and publish on a royalty basis.

AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY, 1701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Publishes religious books largely, and also juvenile books, carefully selected to avoid objectionable features. Not in the market at present.

AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY, 100 Washington Square, New York. Very large publishers of text-books, both of revisions of older books and of new books, in nearly all educational lines, for the kindergarten, primary school, secondary school, high school and college.

AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, 78 East Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. Editor, George B. Utley. Publish only "The Bulletin of the American Library Association."

AMERICAN SPORTS PUBLISHING COMPANY, 45 Rose Street, New York. This firm publishes rule books for both indoor and outdoor sports of different kinds, such as tennis, baseball, football, etc., also "How to Swim," "How to Skate," etc. They report that they are not in the market at the present time."

AMERICAN SUNDAY-SCHOOL UNION, 1816 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Editor, James McConaughy. Always glad to examine juvenile fiction which contains genuine religion adapted to the lives of young people; also fiction or biography for adults which would appeal particularly to intelligent homes in rural communities; also manuscripts dealing with Sunday-school work, especially in smaller schools. Report within a month. Prefer to buy outright, but also publish on a royalty basis.

AMERICAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY, Chicago, Ill. This firm is the publishing house of the American School of Correspondence. Publishes educational and technical books.

AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY, 103 Park Avenue, New York. Uses adult fiction along religious lines from 50,000 to 70,000 words, juvenile fiction of 40,000 to 60,000 words, books on travel and biography. Reports in about a month.

D. APPLETON & CO., 35 West 32d Street, New York. Large publishers of juvenile fiction of the better class for older boys and girls, from 50,000 to 60,000 words. Also publish adult fiction, preferably American, from 70,000 to 80,000 words, books on travel and biography, poetry, educational and technical books. Report in about a week to ten days.

ASSOCIATION PRESS, 347 Madison Avenue, New York. This is the publishing association of the Y. M. C. A. They publish inspirational and religious books for young men, also some books on manly sports, such as swimming.

ATKINSON, MENTZER & COMPANY, 2210 South Park Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Publish school books, mainly primary, for the most part illustrated, and other educational books. Report in one book to four months.

THEODORE AUDEL & COMPANY, 72 Fifth Avenue, New York. Publish automobile and electrical books and other technical publications, all of a practical nature.

AUGUSTANA BOOK CONCERN, Rock Island, Ind. Publishes Evangelical Lutheran religious books, some scientific treatises, college

and high school text-books by Swedish authors, and some children's books.

RICHARD G. BADGER, 194 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. (See The Gorham Press.)

HENRY CAREY BAIRD & COMPANY, INC., 110-116 Nassau Street, New York. Reports: "We publish scientific, mechanical and industrial books. Manuscripts are reported on from one to three weeks."

WALTER H. BAKER & COMPANY, 5 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass. Editor, Frank E. Chase. Reports: "We publish nothing but plays and books of stage entertainments. At present we wish plays for female characters only or male characters only. We report on manuscripts within a few days. Sometimes we buy manuscripts outright; otherwise according to circumstances."

BALL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 147 Summer Street, Boston, Mass. Publishes adult fiction, good stories for girls, illustrated books of humor, and poetry at the author's expense except when it is of exceptional worth. Reports in 30 days. Publishes on a royalty basis. All manuscripts must be large enough to make a book. No single poems or stories are used.

C. W. BARDEEN, Syracuse, N. Y. Publish "Standard Teachers' Library School Bulletin" publications, record cards, primers, books on school management, and other educational subjects. Reports: "Although we have an editorial force that supplies more copy than we can use, we are always ready to examine an exceptional manuscript in our line, which is that of education, but the probabilities would be strongly against our accepting it."

A. J. BARNES PUBLISHING COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo. Publish only shorthand and typewriting text-books of their own production. A. S. BARNES COMPANY, 30 Irving Place, New York. Specialize in books on games, dancing, drama, and also publish a general educational list. Report in four weeks.

BARSE & HOPKINS, 28 West 23d Street, New York. Publish illustrated juvenile fiction from 50,000 to 60,000 words, general books, and poetry. Large reprinters of small books for gift purposes, also inexpensive gift booklets. Report in two weeks. Buy both outright and on a royalty basis.

BECKLEY-CARDY COMPANY, 312 West Randalph Street, Chicago, Ill. Reports: "We want juvenile stories of about 20,000 words, suitable for supplementary reading in schools; also collections of stories, the total manuscript to be about 20,000 words. All juvenile books should be illustrated. We also use verses for declamation, etc., plays and entertainments for children, method books, services and helps for teachers, and texts for pupils. We report on manuscripts in thirty days. Some manuscripts we buy outright, others we publish on a royalty basis. It depends largely on the character of the manuscript as well as the desires of the author."

MATTHEW BENDER & CO., INC., 109 State State, Albany, N. Y. Publishes law books only. Buys outright; also publishes on a royalty basis.

BENZIGER BROTHERS, 36 Barclay Street, New York. Very large publishers of Roman Catholic books, including adult fiction, as well as books of a serious nature, sermons, meditations, lives of the Saints, etc. They also publish a considerable line of juveniles which are selected as being good reading for Catholic children, and are therefore free from objectionable features.

B. D. BERRY & COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Publish illustrated school books and educational books.

P. BLAKISTON'S SONS & COMPANY, 1012 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Penn. Publishes scientific text-books, medical, biological, chemistry, physics, etc. Reports in a fortnight. Publishes usually on royalty.

BLOCH PUBLISHING COMPANY, 40 East 14th Street, New York. Publishes only books of Jewish character, in English. Reports in two to four weeks. Buys outright.

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, Indianapolis, Ind. Editor, Hewitt Hanson Howland. Sends in the following report: "We publish adult fiction of any length or character if it is good. We also publish books on travel, biography, educational books, business books, belleslettres, and occasionally a juvenile. We report in two to three weeks and pay on the royalty basis."

BONI & LIVERIGHT, 105 West 40th Street, New York. Editor, H. B. Liveright. Will consider novels over 30,000 words; illustrated books, if modern or distinctive; books on travel and biography, and educational books. Reports in two to three weeks. Pays usually on a royalty basis.

BOOK SUPPLY COMPANY, Chicago, Ill. Publishes the novels of Harold Bell Wright.

BOSTON BOOK COMPANY, 83 Francis Street, Boston, Mass. Publishers of law books, annotations, etc. Report that they are not in the market at present.

MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY, 43 Cross Street, Springfield, Mass. This firm specializes in kindergarten and primary educational books, story and song books, also cut-out books, paint books, drawing books, and the like, for use both in the school and home. All their text-books possess definite educational value. Publishes on a royalty basis.

BRENTANO'S, Fifth Avenue and 27th Street, New York. This is the publishing branch of a very large retail bookstore. The books published are largely novels by foreign authors, but they also occasionally publish American fiction and books by American writers, as well as beautifully bound gift books.

THE BRITTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, 354 Fourth Avenue, New York. Reports: "We publish some adult fiction of 75,000 to 100,000 words, juvenile fiction of 70,000 words, illustrated books and some books on travel, biography and other serious books. We buy outright and also publish on a royalty basis."

A. L. BURT COMPANY, 114 East 23d Street, New York. Very large publishers of reprint fiction and of several inexpensive libraries of classics. Also extensive publishers of boys' and girls' books in series.

BURTON PUBLISHING CO., Kansas City, Mo. Reports: "We are always on the lookout for anything good that will make a book. In building our line we are endeavoring to cover the entire field; in other words, we are at the present time making a medical line, a scientific line, a line of text-books, stories, novels, and histories, also a number of volumes of poems. The basis upon which manuscripts are accepted depends entirely upon the manuscript. Our royalty is the same to every writer, 10 per cent. It usually takes from two weeks to a month to report on a manuscript."

CALLAGHAN & COMPANY, 401 East Ohio Street, Chicago, Ill. Managing Editor, J. C. CahiH. Publishes only law school books, and law books. Reports in one to six weeks.

C. N. CASPAR COMPANY, 454 East Water Street, Milwaukee, Wis. Publish largely handbooks, foreign dictionaries, educational books and technical books.

THE CENTURY COMPANY, 353 Fourth Avenue, New York. Publishes all kinds of high-grade fiction, juveniles, illustrated books, serious books, travel and biography, poetry, educational and technical work. Publishes on a royalty basis.

CHEMICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Easton, Penn. Publishers of agricultural books of a technical nature, relating to soil analysis, scientific farming, and the like.

JOHN CHURCH COMPANY, 109 West Fourth Street, Cincinnati, O. Publishes only music books. Reports in two to four weeks.

EDWARD J. CLODE, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Publishes any kind of fiction except sex material, also publishes serious books, books of travel and biography, educational books. Reports promptly.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, 30 West 27th Street, New York. Publishes scientific, literary and research books, also higher educational text-books.

THE W. T. COMSTOCK COMPANY, New York. Publishes illustrated books on architecture, design, decoration and kindred subjects, educational books on architecture, building construction and engineering, also technical books on the same subjects. Makes prompt acknowledgment. Buys outright and also publishes on royalty.

W. B. CONKEY COMPANY, Hammond, Ill. This firm now prints books for other publishers and does not accept manuscripts on its own account.

DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY, Elgin, Ill. Large publishers of religious books for the Sunday-school, church and home. CORRECT ENGLISH PUBLISHING COMPANY, Evanston, Ill. Publishes books on letter writing, grammar and the like.

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY, 426 West Broadway, New York. Publishes adult fiction from 75,000 words to 100,000 words, juvenile books of adventure, Boy Scouts, and books for girls, serious books, travel, and biography, and reference books. Reports in two weeks.

CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY, 449 Fourth Avenue, New York. Editor, C. M. Stevens. Publish any fiction that will sell, juvenile books, series preferably, illustrated books, serious books, books of