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    WEBJan 12, 2023 · Contributor. Internet Archive. Language. English. Volume. 20. 22 volumes : 26 cm. "A 22-volume, highly illustrated, A-Z general …

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      But as sales plunged in the 1990s, World Book' s results were no longer broken out in Berkshire Hathaway financial reports. In 2009, Funk & Wagnalls was acquired by World Book Encyclopedia; the company's Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia had ceased publication in 1997.
      For the year 1990, Berkshire Hathaway reported that the business of producing the encyclopedia had generated profits of $32 million. But as sales plunged in the 1990s, World Book' s results were no longer broken out in Berkshire Hathaway financial reports.
      The first edition of World Book (1917) contained eight volumes. New editions have since appeared every year except 1920, 1924, and 1932, with major revisions in 1929 (13 volumes), 1947 (19 volumes), 1960 (20 volumes), 1971 (22 volumes), and 1988 (new typeface and page design, and some 10,000 new editorial features).
      World Book, Inc. is based in Chicago, Illinois. According to the company, the latest edition, World Book Encyclopedia 2023, contains more than 14,000 pages distributed along 22 volumes and also contains over 25,000 photographs.
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