Project Gutenberg 2015-10-13 Public domain in the USA. 471 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 2025-04-20T07:08:40.125581 text/html 137935 2015-10-13T10:23:42 text/html; charset=utf-8 163463 2025-04-20T07:08:43.399584 application/epub+zip 162956 2025-04-20T07:08:40.858611 application/epub+zip 112988 2025-04-20T07:08:40.507577 application/epub+zip 216953 2025-04-20T07:08:45.495576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199709 2025-04-20T07:08:43.053600 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 150081 2022-09-22T16:58:23.149756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123079 2025-04-20T07:08:39.722595 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 123436 2015-10-13T10:23:40 text/plain; charset=utf-8 19870 2025-04-20T07:08:45.646649 application/rdf+xml 14715 2025-04-20T07:08:40.589582 image/jpeg 2093 2025-04-20T07:08:40.547578 image/jpeg 150377 2025-04-20T07:08:40.142640 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