Project Gutenberg 2015-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 252 Pulsifer, William Edmond 1852 A Brief Account of the Educational Publishing Business in the United States Reading ease score: 64.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Ethan Kent and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Brief Account of the Educational Publishing Business in the United States" is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. The book documents the history and evolution of educational publishing in America, beginning from the development of early textbooks such as "The New England Primer" in 1691 to the advancements in textbook production and content in the modern era. It provides insights into the key figures, events, and changes that shaped educational literature and book-making practices in the U.S. The opening of the book sets the stage by highlighting the lack of comprehensive historical accounts of the educational publishing industry, despite the existence of various writings on specific aspects. It outlines an extensive array of early American textbooks and publishers and illustrates the significant changes in content, typography, and illustrations over the centuries. The author emphasizes the contrast between archaic schoolbooks – characterized by grim morals or complex problems – and contemporary educational materials which have evolved to be more engaging and visually appealing for students. The text also calls for a more thorough compilation and analysis of this history, appealing for future scholarship to fully capture the development of educational publishing. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Publishers and publishing -- United States Textbooks -- United States Z Text Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Teaching & Education 140933 140787 2025-02-20T07:00:11.704522 2023-09-21T14:21:37.995744 text/html text/html 137935 2015-10-13T10:23:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 149564 2015-10-13T10:23:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 163465 2025-02-20T07:00:14.874512 application/epub+zip 162946 2025-02-20T07:00:12.402547 application/epub+zip 112979 2025-02-20T07:00:12.065531 application/epub+zip 216913 2025-02-20T07:00:16.893489 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199709 2025-02-20T07:00:14.526560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150081 2022-09-22T16:58:23.149756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123079 123041 2025-02-20T07:00:11.310574 2023-09-21T14:21:37.570726 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123436 2015-10-13T10:23:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 44873 2015-10-13T10:23:42 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 19870 2025-02-20T07:00:17.029507 application/rdf+xml 14715 2025-02-20T07:00:12.139551 image/jpeg 2093 2025-02-20T07:00:12.101533 image/jpeg 150373 2025-02-20T07:00:11.718537 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog