Grolier was one of the largest American publishers of general encyclopedias, including The Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, Encyclopedia Americana, Academic American Encyclopedia, and numerous incarnations of a CD-ROM encyclopedia .
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In June 2000, Grolier became part of Scholastic Corporation, which now maintains Scholastic GO, formerly Grolier Online.
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Company that became encyclopedia publisher Grolier Incorporated was founded by Walter M Jackson as the Grolier Society.
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Grolier Society specialized in publishing extra-fine editions of classics and rare literature.
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Under Murphy's leadership, by the mid-1940s, Grolier became one of the largest publishers of general encyclopedias, including The Book of Knowledge and the Encyclopedia Americana.
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Grolier made ill-fated investments in non-publishing ventures, including mobile homes.
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In 1988 Grolier was purchased by the French media company Hachette, which owned a well-known French-language encyclopedia, the Hachette Encyclopedia.
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In 1999, Grolier had revenues of $450 million and earnings of approximately $45 million, with $4.
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Grolier was purchased by Scholastic for US$400 million in June 2000.
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Name Grolier is retained as the Scholastic website Scholastic GO.
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When Grolier acquired Children's Press in 1995, much of Franklin Watts were published under the Children's Press imprint.
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Grolier Interactive stopped releasing video games when Grolier was bought by Scholastic.
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