tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319244236553990761.post1780758602977401627..comments2024-03-23T05:13:21.623-05:00Comments on Thoughts of Bibliomaven: Lothrop Publishing Company Advertisingbibliomavenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16416492019605393134noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319244236553990761.post-63911016025135232502009-10-15T13:40:33.301-05:002009-10-15T13:40:33.301-05:00To follow up on my previous comment, I have spotte...To follow up on my previous comment, I have spotted this blog entry posted today:<br /><br />http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/issue/200910/peddlers-1.phtml<br /><br />It gives background on the traveling book agents who tried to sell prospective books door to door.<br /><br />Often publishing partners like Alexander Grosset & George Dunlap had one man manage the publishing office and another traveling to booksellers to get them to take orders for their prospective books.<br /><br />For either group a sample volume or a prospectus with sample covers would be helpful.<br /><br />There is a Stratemeyer Alger completion called The Young Book Agent which describes the adventures of the door-to-door type of agent. There are also a number of books about "book agents" in Google Books. Some are autobiographies of people who were briefly led into this "profession."<br /><br />James Keelinekeelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006640946874012637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319244236553990761.post-43251404365371067172009-10-14T13:32:14.472-05:002009-10-14T13:32:14.472-05:00I saw some items like this before which were chara...I saw some items like this before which were characterized as a "salesman dummy" for the My Book House set from the 1920s. I think it highly likely that these were used by the traveling sales force to convince stores to buy the books.<br /><br />James Keelinekeelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006640946874012637noreply@blogger.com