{"value"=>"<p>The financial records comprise correspondence, ledgers, tax returns and forms, yearly and quarterly financial reports, bills, receipts, invoices (for accounts receivable and payable), and bank statements documenting the financial status and activities of the press from its inception until 1993.</p> <p>Especially revealing are the financial reports and statements (Box 78), which include official statements prepared by the press' accountants, as well as budget proposals and drafts, sales projections and actual sales figures for individual titles, and records of production costs. (See also: Sales & Distribution and Production).</p> <p>A large group of the material represents the bills and invoices paid by the press. Some invoices and statements are accompanied by correspondence between the vendor and the press. Bills for production include those for printing, book manufacture, binding, proofreading, copyediting, and designing. Invoices for these services are also mixed into other categories (i. e. 'Freelancers') and the general chronological sequences. (See also statements from Viking and W. W. Norton in the Sales & Distribution subseries.).</p>"}