The fine press movement quickly gained a lively following outside Britain, and especially in America. The American fine press tradition, while clearly drawing its inspiration from the Kelmscott Press and other British fine presses, nevertheless developed according to its own pattern. Most notably, American fine presses were often more commercial in outlook than their British equivalents. In addition, many American fine presses operated more as small publishing houses than as actual presses, sometimes to the extent of having the actual presswork carried out by other printers.