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A fact from Publication by subscription appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 January 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that in 18th-century England, buyers could pay to include their coat of arms in some books published by subscription?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 10:27, 3 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that buyers could pay to include their coat of arms in some books published by subscription? Source: Other ways of subsidizing publication included a special subscription for the printing of one's coat of arms in a book ...
- ALT1: ... that, in 18th-century England, publication by subscription was considered a scam? Source: … after 1720 many thought subscription proposals were merely a respectable kind of scam
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Stanton Catlin
- Comment: The hookier one is alt1 but the source does not expressly state why people thought it was a scam. I guess some authors would solicit subscriptions and then never write the book, but Lockwood doesn't say that in his own voice.

Created by AleatoryPonderings (talk). Self-nominated at 21:52, 29 December 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting! Sourced and neutral, new enough, eligible for DYK, looks to be free of plagiarism. Hooks are hooky, sourced, good length – I prefer ALT1. People love reading about scams. Good to go! ezlev (user/tlk/ctrbs)

ALT0 to T:DYK/P1 (sorry, ezlev :l)