His experience the 1890s made him
consider the profit monopolizing the production of
prerecorded cylinder records because demand for prerecorded
cylinders increased dramatically the coin-in-the-slot
business expanded.
Phonograph sales remained very low 1892 with most
sales the coin-in-the-slot market. his original concept a
phonograph industry, Edison had expected profits come from
the sales machines. Edison energetically
promoted this use direct sales saloons, hotels, and
restaurants. typical Edison coin-in-the-slot machine cost
$250 outright and could bring $15 day. Recording was becoming lucrative operation
that would repay the time and trouble recording with
profits— was estimated that the New York Phonograph Company
spent $15,000 records the slow year 1891. The switch to
an amusement phonograph technology removed the need for the
marketing system built for the business machine; the new
amusement market could reached directly and involved far
less sales support.VII-12
The franchisees were become sales agents and receive a
royalty every phonograph sold their areas. Edison had
always wanted monopolize the business duplicating records
but had let the local companies their own recording because
. Sales began
to increase the latter part 1892, moving from 90
machines month sold. Edison's goal was sell phonographs
directly from the Phonograph Works anyone who wanted to
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