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Some significant titles currently scheduled for trust funded publication in FY 1983 are:  [[underlined]]The Muses Flee Hitler, Horticultural Extravaganza of the Victorian Age, Finding Birds in the National Capital Area,[[/underlined]] and[[underlined]]Habitats and Geology:  A Smithsonian Guide to Nature[[/underlined]].

In order to strengthen further the book publishing program and to consolidate the direct-mail planning and sales of both books and records in the Institution, Smithsonian Exposition Books and the Recordings Program of the Division of Performing Arts have been reorganized into separate divisions within the Press.  Smithsonian Exposition Books joined the press in December 1981 and the Recordings Program will be merged into the Press on October 1, 1982.  It is expected that this amalgamation will significantly strengthen the Institution's already strong presence in the book publishing field; result in several operating economies; and unify its books and records development, production, business management, marketing, and sales activities.

Smithsonian Press publishes through trust support popular books based on Smithsonian collections and research.  Nine books have been published to date and have been sold primarily to Smithsonian Associates by direct mail.3  They are also sold to the book trade through a prominent commercial distributor.  Development work is in progress on a series of small, relatively inexpensive books, plus other books on subjects based on Smithsonian activities, whose eventual publication is subject to satisfactory market testing and approval by the Smithsonian Publishing Council.  In FY 1982, about $285,000 in unrestricted trust funds was made available to various activities of the Institution as a result of the operations of the Direct Mail Division of the Press.  The Institution expects that overall Press net operations will produce $200,000 in FY 1983 and will show a steady increase over the planning period to a level of $500,000 by 1988.

[[underlined]]Public Service Resource Growth[[/underlined]]

In FY 1988, resources associated with the conduct of Public Service activities may reach approximately $18,000,000 from present levels of about $17,500,000, with most of the increase associated with trust funded publications programs, and federal appropriations for visitor information services.

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3 They are [[underlined]]The Smithsonian Experience, The Magnificent Foragers, The Smithsonian Book of Invention, A Zoo for All Seasons, The American Land, Every Four Years, Fire of Life, Thread of Life,[[/underlined]] and[[underlined]]The Best of Smithsonian[[/underlined]] (an anthology of the best articles to appear over the years in [[underlined]]Smithsonian[[/underlined]] magazine).