February 3, 2006
State University Presses Create Regional Encyclopedias
PLACE HOLDERS: In October 2004, the University of Chicago Press, the Newberry Library, and the Chicago Historical Society published a joint project, The Encyclopedia of Chicago, edited by James R. Grossman, Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff. It was an immediate hit.
"It's been wildly successful," says Ellen Gibson, marketing manager for regional and reference books at the Chicago press. Nearly 45,000 copies have been sold. Local media supported the book — Chicago DJ's
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