Macmillan’s Colonial Library shipped 680 overseas-only titles, mostly fiction

Evidence

In 1886, Macmillan launched their Colonial Library, a series of titles that were only allowed to be sold in the British market overseas. Within thirty years, the Colonial Library, dressed in a recognisable livery of uniform bindings, comprised 680 titles, of which 632 were fiction. — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 636

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Mudie’s monopoly over domestic library supply, mentioned in paragraph 635 — publishers could undercut home prices only in markets Mudie’s couldn’t reach.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Andrew Pettegree, Arthur der Weduwen, The Library- A Fragile History, 636