General Conference Bulletin, vol. 4

RESPONSIBILITIES AND RIGHTS REGARDING TERRITORY

The Echo Publishing Company, after successfully bringing out “The Coming King,” felt warranted in undertaking a larger subscription book, and began to inquire about “The Desire of Ages.” Mother said, “I believe that book will do great good in Great Britain, Australia, and the other colonies. I believe that a greater number will be circulated and read if it is published in London and in Melbourne than if it is imported from America. I will share the burden of the risk of its publication in these countries. “She bought a set of plates from the Pacific Press, with rights to all territory in Great Britain and the Colonies, and she has sold the same to the Echo Company, upon the condition that they deal in a friendly and liberal way with the International Tract Society of London. Now if our brethren in Great Britain, India, and South Africa, will join with us in planning for the sale of this work, and in pushing it, we shall make that book a blessing to thousands, and shall bring back to the author and to the publisher what they have invested in it, so that there will be funds with which to issue other good books. GCB April 2, 1901, page 9.11

In Great Britain and the Colonies we ought to enter into the publication of our health work. This we must do on the plan of co-operation, so that from each venture we shall get our money back, and be able to go on with something else. GCB April 2, 1901, page 10.1