"c           VAR 0047      06036 LES BOO 3R 919-935               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0047         LOC  384 WIDTH  9             DK   6 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                 EXP DEC=  2                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              SALES BOOKS, NEW ORDERS                                       "
"c              -----------------------                                       "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  06036                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  U.S.                                           "
"c              UNITS:  MILLIONS OF BOOKS                                     "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  01/1919-12/1935                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  SURVEY OF CURRENT BUSINESS, JULY 1926, ANNUAL        "
"c              SUPPLEMENTS OF 1932 AND 1936; SOURCE FOR THE JULY 1929        "
"c              FIGURE IS FROM A PHOTOSTAT SENT BY THE SURVEY OF CURRENT      "
"c              BUSINESS.                                                     "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  SERIES 06036 IS PRESENTED HERE AS TWO                 "
"c              VARIABLES--(1)--ORIGINAL DATA, 1919-1935  (2)--ORIGINAL DATA, "
"c              1935-1942.                                                    "
"c                                                                            "
"c                   DATA COVER 11 MANUFACTERERS OPERATING EAST OF THE ROCKY  "
"c              MOUNTAINS, REPRESENTING ABOUT 90 % OF THE BUSINESS OF THAT    "
"c              AREA.  THE FIGURES APPLY TO DUPLICATE, TRIPLICATE OR          "
"c              QUADRUPLICATE BOOKS USED BY RETAIL STORES IN RECORDING        "
"c              SALES; ALL SIZES AND STYLES INCLUDED, BUT NOT                 "
"c              INTERCHANGEABLE COVERS AND ACCESSORIES.                       "
"c                   SMALL DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE FIGURE FOR JULY 1929     "
"c              AND IT'S SOURCE ARE CAUSED BY ROUNDING, WHICH WAS NOT         "
"c              CORRECTED.                                                    "
"c                   BEGINNING IN 1935, REPORTS WERE CHANGED TO COVER TOTAL   "
"c              U.S. DATA.  THEREFORE A SECOND VARIABLE SEGMENT HAS BEEN      "
"c              CREATED FOR 1935-1942.                                        "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; NO CORRECTIONS NECESSARY.                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c           ...............................................................  "