Services
Approximately 5,000 subscribers received monthly fliers that offered a selection from a variety of contemporary and world classic literature choices.
"The famous Board of Editors selects for you 2 books each month: the best new book -AND- one of the greatest classics. The Book League of America supplies these 2 books each month at 1/3 of the usual cost!
Some books, published by other companies but carrying the Book League of America imprint, were included in the club sales offerings. These publishers included:
- A. S. Barnes & Company, New York
- Bartholomew House, Inc., New York
- Blakiston Company, Philadelphia
- Caxton House Inc., New York
- Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., New York
- E. M. Hale and Company, Wisconsin
- Everybody's Vacation Publishing Company, New York
- Literary Classics Inc., New York
- Puritan Publishing Company, Chicago & Philadelphia
- William H. Wise & Co., New York
There was no membership fee to join the plan. The subscription cost $16.68 and entitled the subscriber to twelve books each year.
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