id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-2476 Alexander Donaldson (bookseller) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2114 261 68 Donaldson was the founding publisher of the weekly newspaper, the Edinburgh Advertiser.[2] He was also known for selling cheap copies of books after their copyright had expired in disregard to London booksellers' opinions on literary property.[3] In 1752, Kincaid & Donaldson was the sole publisher David Hume's Political Discourses.[7] After Donaldson left Kincaid, his involvement with the Scottish Enlightenment's new books was essentially over, with the exception of his involvement with James Boswell.[8] Kincaid went on to become Lord Provost of Edinburgh.[citation needed] Donaldson maintained at least two book shops while publishing the twice-weekly Advertiser, one being at the Strand, London, and the other in Edinburgh.[10] Donaldson and his older brother John also owned a bookstore in London, selling books that were printed in Scotland until July 1773 at which time John remained at the Arundel Street shop, and Alexander moved to St Paul's Churchyard.[2] In 1774, after ten years printing and publishing the Edinburgh Advertiser, Donaldson turned it over to his 22-year-old son, James.[11] ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2476.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2476.txt