Conger (syndicate)
The conger was a system common in bookselling in 18th and early 19th century England, for financing the printing of a book. The term referred to a syndicate of booksellers, mostly in London, who bought shares to finance the book's printing. Each member agreed to take so many copies for sale themselves, and the final profit was split in proportion to the members' initial financial input. Their names all appeared on the title pages as co-publishers, though one of the major publishing houses usually took the lead in setting the deal up.
Wikipage disambiguates
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
primaryTopic
Conger (syndicate)
The conger was a system common in bookselling in 18th and early 19th century England, for financing the printing of a book. The term referred to a syndicate of booksellers, mostly in London, who bought shares to finance the book's printing. Each member agreed to take so many copies for sale themselves, and the final profit was split in proportion to the members' initial financial input. Their names all appeared on the title pages as co-publishers, though one of the major publishing houses usually took the lead in setting the deal up.
has abstract
The conger was a system common ...... ership became very convoluted.
@en
Wikipage page ID
page length (characters) of wiki page
Wikipage revision ID
913,893,538
Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage
wikiPageUsesTemplate
hypernym
comment
The conger was a system common ...... e lead in setting the deal up.
@en
label
Conger (syndicate)
@en