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Book publishing companies based in Illinois

  • University of Chicago PressThe University of Chicago Press opened its doors in 1890. Its first book was Robert F. Harper's Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik…
  • University of Illinois PressThe University of Illinois Press opened its doors in 1918. This new entity emerged from the University of Illinois System with a clear mandate to serve…
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica during the Scottish Enlightenment.
  • Chicago Review PressChicago Review Press opened its doors in 1973 as a small independent company. The founders aimed to create a space for voices often ignored by major…
  • Open Court Publishing CompanyEdward C. Hegeler established Open Court Publishing Company in 1887 within the industrial heart of Chicago, Illinois. He was a zinc manufacturer who led the…