Excerpt from Invested Capital Accounting
In days of long ago it was quite customary for an author to print in the forepart of his book the names of those who had subscribed for the work before issuance. That is a custom I should very much like to emulate, deeming it an honor to publish the names of the Income Tax enthusiasts who have made the publication of this book possible, but lack of space forbids.
This edition consists of one thousand copies. One thousand persons have each paid for a copy in advance of publication. More than that, not one of the thousand persons was asked to subscribe for the book - every subscription was voluntarily given. If any one, upon receipt of a copy, thinks that the subscription was ill-advised, he has only to return the copy to me and his money will be at once cheerfully returned to him. No subscriptions were received by the author - all was done independent of him. When it is realized that very few technical books approach a sale of a thousand copies, even after publication, it will be felt that this is a remarkable event in the world of books.
The advent of this book is unusual in other ways. It is received by the subscribers at actual cost of manufacture. The authorship rights are gladly donated for this issue with no thought that a second edition will at any time be printed.
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