Patrons of the Press

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Excerpt from Patrons of the Press: Subscription Book Purchases in North Carolina, 1733-1850Subscribers to books undoubtedly considered themselves patrons of the press and were fully aware of the fact that only through their common support could the books he issued. Public notices concerning the proposed publication of a title frequently and candidly pointed out that the manuscript would go to press only when a certain number of persons (sometimes as few as 200) had subscribed. In some instances the announcement stated simply that work would get underway as soon as the number of subscribers justified it financially.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.