Books from the early 20th century, how much did they cost?

There is no one standard answer to this question, because in the case of a traditional hardcover book, the royalties of a big-name author may be as high as two pounds per book, such as Dickens in England, who died in 1870 and left an inheritance of up to 80,000 pounds!

But the cost of book printing is intimidatingly low. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

More than a decade earlier, piracy was rampant in the United States, and European authors were never paid royalties, and their books were often sold for ten cents a copy. So you can imagine how cheap the cost of book printing is. John asked Edward to start printing more than 200 books at once, and each 10,000 copies was only more than 2 million copies, and the cost was only two or three hundred thousand dollars!

Of course, these books will definitely be expensive after they are transported to the Far East.

If it weren't for the fact that Hong Kong's Huntelaar publishing house did not have the strength to print in large quantities, and it was also greatly restricted by the British government, John would have put them there to print, at least the huge shipping costs would have been saved.

However, in John's opinion, the value of the more than 200 books he carefully "copied" and wrote in this era is immeasurable! It can even be said that each book will not be worth less than a million pounds! And if they are placed in an ancient country like China, the positive effect will not be less than 10 million pounds!

As a traverser, John has this confidence!

For example, there are 12 math textbooks in the whole set, which can be read from the first grade of elementary school to the third grade of high school. And more importantly, these textbooks are not simple translations of contemporaneous foreign textbooks, but the result of John's selection of the complete set of mathematics textbooks in China in the future, corresponding to the mathematical theories of this era. Write the simplest and most understandable text in the language most familiar to Chinese!

Therefore, John can proudly say that this set of textbooks is definitely the best set in the world at the same time!

And in addition to mathematics, there are physics, chemistry, English, biology, etc., all of which John took from memory and adapted them according to this era. From the first grade of primary school to the third grade of high school, there are more than 70 textbooks alone, and they will provide China with a template for textbooks for decades to come, and it will not be obsolete in 100 years if it is tinkered......

These books were written little by little by John himself.

Without a computer or a Chinese typewriter, John would write one or two thousand words a day, a few fewer in the last ten years, but he had accumulated a lot of books. In addition to these textbooks, John also "wrote" or translated many books that he thought were urgently needed in China in this era, such as the history of the development of Western medicine, the latest new things in various countries, and so on.

These books were originally to be published one after another after the Gengzi year.

It was only at that time that the Hong Kong branch of Heng and Tellar Publishers ran into printing problems. In these years, the printing of Chinese characters was not easy, the technology was backward, and the cost was high. I tried to print a few books, but the results were very unsatisfactory. Coupled with the impact of the current situation, John had to temporarily stop his plans.

In order to be able to print and publish these books with high quality, John even asked Huntelaar Publishing House to hire a large number of Chinese technicians to study more advanced, convenient and inexpensive Chinese printing technology. It wasn't until the end of last year, thanks to John's continuous investment, that the printing house owned by Huntelaar Publishing House barely solved the problem......

In John's opinion, in addition to the previous set of textbooks, the most important are the other two sets of books!

One set is the Chinese version of the Huntelaar medical textbook series, a thicker set of books than the English version, in addition to simple translation work, there are also some things specifically for the Chinese, which is a gift from John to his "future" alma mater.

As for another set of books......

There were actually only two books, but they were so important that John was hesitant to print them and ship them to China.

These two books are really a bit special.

John himself can imagine what kind of uproar it would have been if these two books were actually printed and released to the Chinese market! It can even be said that if it is not done properly, it may bring a lot of trouble to the branch of Huntelaar Press.

So thinking about it, John had to be cautious.

"Hmm...... Send it over first for Rong Hong to see and ask for opinions. ”

After a long silence, John opened the safe in his study, took out two books from it, and put them in an envelope. After sealing it and stamping it, John called his Chinese chef: "Su Li, you go to Shanghai next month and hand over this envelope to Mr. Rong Hong...... Remember, protect it and give it to him with your own hands! ”

"Huh? Oh good! ”

Su Li was obviously stunned for a moment when he suddenly wanted to go to Shanghai, and then immediately nodded.

Su Li has always been very satisfied with his current work. The job is leisurely, the income is not low, and the key is to be respected enough in the city of New York. At least all these years in John? Under the protection of Mr. Huntelaar, no one dared to say anything about Su Li's identity, whether it was the housekeeper and servants in the house, or the people he met outside. Even the year before last, under the matchmaking of the old housekeeper Hans, Su Li also took a beautiful Chinese girl as his wife, and she also entered the Huntelaar family and became a maid.

For his own boss, Su Li is undoubtedly very grateful.

So across the Atlantic, a trip to Shanghai or something, Su Li certainly won't be reluctant. And he also knows what John and Yung Hong are doing, and he also knows the benefits of these things for China.

After waving his hand for Suli to go out first, John sat down at his desk again, and then took out the letter paper and pen.

"April 14, 1904, Dear Mr. Hume."

After writing down the date and the name of the person, John earnestly continued: "It is a pleasure to receive your response, and I am glad that you have agreed to consider the Yale-China Institute's proposal. As you know, the Yale-China Institute is a missionary organization in China, and they would like to invite you, an outstanding Yale graduate, to China to work in Changsha, Hunan Province. And as someone who has lived in China before, I am sure that Changsha, as described by Mr. Lawrence Terston, has a strong masculine energy, natural leadership skills, and a high degree of independence, which is very attractive to ......work for."

“…… As one of the Northeast 10 Universities, we at Huntelaar University are proud to partner with the Yale-China Association in our efforts to establish a leading medical school in China......

"Yes, Mr. Hume, I can assure you that when you arrive in Changsha, you will not just have the opportunity to establish a modern medical school, but certainly will! For this purpose, I will personally provide you with a sufficient amount of money - at least fifty thousand dollars, and can continue to increase the investment for the construction of a school ......"

“…… We look forward to hearing from you and looking forward to your final decision......"

After writing the six-page letter, John carefully sealed it, then wrote the other party's address in India on the envelope, and finally wrote the other party's name: Edward? Hume.

Of course, in John's mind was another name, a Chinese name that Mr. Hume would give himself in the future:

Edward? Hu Mei. (To be continued.) )