The Memphis Commercial Appeal had a daily subscriber base of approximately 200,000 for daily papers and 279,000 for the Sunday paper, but with tens of thousands of mourners pouring into the city these numbers weren't close to meet the demand.   Opportunistic thieves took advantage.  An article appeared in The Commercial Appeal in the Friday, August 19 edition: "Newspapers About Elvis Are Stolen" - "At least 1,700 copies of the The Commercial Appeal were stolen yesterday from street corner bundles intended for carriers, vending machines and porches on two Midtown routes.  Copies of the newspaper were sold at Graceland yesterday for prices ranging from $1 to $5, but not by persons authorized by The Commercial Appeal, said Bob Hively, director of circulation for The Memphis Publishing Company...Someone followed a few blocks behind carriers and stole newspapers from porches.  About 400 newspapers were stolen and carriers had to throw the routes again."  The article goes on to say that the Commercial Appeal sent two trucks loaded with 8,000 copies to the mansion where there were sold for their regular price of 15 cents each.  By this time the editors had already made the decision to compile and publish Final/Special "All Elvis" editions.