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Grolier. Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including The Book of Knowledge (1910), The New Book of Knowledge (1966), The New Book of Popular Science (1972), Encyclopedia Americana (1945), Academic American Encyclopedia (1980), and numerous incarnations of a CD-ROM encyclopedia (1986–2003). As an ...
The New Book of Knowledge. The encyclopedia was a successor to the Book of Knowledge, published from 1912 to 1965. This was a topically arranged encyclopedia described as an "entirely new work" under the editorial direction of Martha G. Schapp, head of overall encyclopedia direction at Grolier, and the specific direction of Dr. Lowell A. Martin.
Book of Knowledge. The Book of Knowledge was an encyclopedia aimed at juveniles first published in 1912, by the Grolier Society . Originally largely a reprint of the British Children's Encyclopaedia with revisions related to the United States by Holland Thompson, over time the encyclopedia evolved into a new entity entirely.
The New Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Electronic Publishing. 1985. The New Grolier Student Encyclopedia. Grolier Educational Corporation. 1988–. New Human Interest Library. Books, Inc., 1928–68. The New Illustrated Columbia Encyclopedia. Rockville House, 1978–80. New Knowledge Library: Universal Reference Encyclopedia.
Maya codices ( sg.: codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. The folding books are the products of professional scribes working under the patronage of deities such as the Tonsured Maize God and the Howler Monkey Gods. The codices have been named for the ...
Dresden Codex. The Dresden Codex is a Maya book, which was believed to be the oldest surviving book written in the Americas, dating to the 11th or 12th century. [ 1 ] However, in September 2018 it was proven that the Maya Codex of Mexico, previously known as the Grolier Codex, is, in fact, older by about a century. [ 2 ]
Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia CD-ROM (1989) was the first multimedia encyclopedia. Grolier's earlier CD-ROM encyclopedia was not multimedia. The encyclopedia was founded by Frank E. Compton in 1922. Publishing rights to the F.E. Compton & Company products were acquired by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1961.
In short, they are a classic example of the Innovator’s Dilemma (see also the Music Industry). You can purchase the 32 volume Britannica, which has 65,000 articles and 44 million words, for just ...