The company's first release, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks- A Story of New England Home Life by Charles Felton Pidgin, was aggressively marketed by Clark,[10][11] and sold 500,000 copies.

Another book, Miss Petticoats (by Dwight Tilton, 1902), also went into theatrical production and was performed by, among others, Kathryn Osterman and the future film director, D.W. Griffith.

Strongly impressed with the uniqueness of the love story and the natural Yankee humor in its characters and scenes, she came away from the reading convinced that it would be well worth while to publish this book.

The second was the Aaron Burr romance entitled Blennerhassett, which was published on September 6, 1901, with a notable record — an advance sale of 60,000 copies before the publication date.

Greatly increasing business and plans for several new publications necessitated another change in March 1902, from which time the company occupied the entire floor at 211 Tremont Street.