# Help Me Find This US Government Publication?

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**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-us-government-publication/597340 "2011-09-23T15:28:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-us-government-publication/597340/1 "2011-09-23T15:28:29Z")

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Years ago, I was browsing the refernce section at the library. I came upon a very interesting book-publisched by the S Dept. of Commerce? It listed all kinds of statistics about business-average sizes, sales, how much they spent upon advertising, etc.  
I’m thinking of starting a business-so this data would be very usefl to me.  
Only I cannot find this book anymore-the refernce librarian could not help me.  
Can you?