RBMS Controlled Vocabularies: Printing and Publishing Terms

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Distribution and sales methods (Gathering term; do not assign)

. Booksellers' labels

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for labels from original booksellers only, not for
. labels from later resale

. Dummies

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for models of the type popular in the 19th century for
. the promotion and solicitation of sales for books, etc.

. Multiple publishers

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for evidence of a book having been published by more
. than one publisher, such as title-pages with no difference
. in setting other than the publisher statement

. Part-issued books in volume form

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for complete volumes of works, originally issued in
. parts, published just prior to the distribution of the
. final part and generally distinguished by the absence of
. stab holes.

. Prices

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Gathering term; do not use; index under a narrower term.

.. Book prices

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

..     SN: Use for original price only

.. Second-hand prices

..     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Privately published books

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

.     SN: Use for books published for private distribution only

. Series

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Subscribers' addresses

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

. Subscription lists

.     SC: rbpub Publishing Terms

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