# ABC-Clio > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/ABC-Clio > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/ABC-Clio.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC-Clio > Source revision: 1296819425 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American educational book publisher, founded 1955}} {{Infobox publisher |name=ABC-Clio, LLC |image=ABC-CLIO Logo.png |parent=[Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) |status=Active |founded=1955 |founder=Eric Boehm |successor= |country= |headquarters=[Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California) |distribution= self-distributed (US)
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Marston Book Services (UK){{Cite web |title=ABC-CLIO Solutions – Contact Us |access-date=2017-12-04 |url= http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOSolutions/ContactUs.aspx |archive-date=2017-12-05 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093113/http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOSolutions/ContactUs.aspx |url-status=dead}} |keypeople={{ubl|Ron Boehm (CEO)|Becky Snyder (President)}} |publications=Books, databases, magazines, journals |topics=History, social sciences |genre= |imprints={{unbulleted list|ABC-Clio|[Greenwood Press](/source/Greenwood_Press)|Praeger|Libraries Unlimited|Linworth}} |revenue= |numemployees= |nasdaq= |url={{Official URL}} }} '''ABC-Clio, LLC''' (stylized '''ABC-CLIO''') is an American publishing company for academic reference works and periodicals primarily on topics such as history and social sciences for educational and public library settings. Since 2021, ABC-Clio and its suite of imprints are collectively imprints of British publishing house [Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing). ABC-Clio provides service to fifteen different online databases which contain over one million online textbooks.{{Cite news |url= http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/04/02/free-resources-april-186/ |first1=Stephen |last1=Noonoo |title=Database Offers 1 Million Free Resources and Images in April |date=2 April 2015 |work=eSchool News |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150908181008/http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/04/02/free-resources-april-186/ |archive-date=Sep 8, 2015}} The company consults academic leaders in the fields they cover in order to provide authority for their reference titles.{{Cite journal |url= http://www.booklistonline.com/Encyclopedia-Update-Reboot-2012-Rebecca-Vnuk/pid=5671157 |title=Encyclopedia Update: Reboot, 2012 |last=Vnuk |first=Rebecca |date=15 September 2012 |journal=Booklist |access-date=8 May 2015 |issue=2 |volume=109 |issn=0006-7385 |pages=52–56}} The headquarters are located in [Santa Barbara, California](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California). ==History== ABC-Clio was founded in 1955 as a privately held corporation by Eric Boehm with its first publication, ''[Historical Abstracts](/source/Historical_Abstracts)''.{{Cite web |url= http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/About.aspx |title=History and Mission |access-date=26 November 2016 |publisher=ABC-Clio |archive-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161119033141/http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/About.aspx |url-status=dead}} The name represents the company's two original divisions when it incorporated in 1969: ABC stands for American Bibliographical Center and Clio Press is named after [Clio](/source/Clio), the muse of history from ancient [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology). According to Boehm, he had always been interested in history so when he noticed that there were not many good historical abstracting services available, he started publishing the ''Historical Abstracts''.{{Cite journal |url= https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-68875009.html |title=ABC-CLIO Stresses Customer-Based Products |last=Hane |first=Paula J. |date=January 2001 |journal=Information Today |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-access=subscription |volume=18 |issue=1 |issn=8755-6286 |page=12}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} During the 1960s, a sister bibliographic and abstract publication on American history was added, ''America: History and Life'', which was considered an award-winning title. The company entered into digital publishing with electronic data in the 1960s and in 1975, it published its first online database{{Cite journal |url= http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20010423/40175-e-books-a-natural-for-abc-clio.html |title=E-books a natural for ABC-CLIO |last=Costello |first=Megan |date=2 April 2001 |journal=Publishers Weekly |access-date=26 November 2016 |volume=248 |issue=14 |pages=28–29 |issn=0000-0019}} called ''DIALOG''. During the 1980s, ABC-Clio expanded into providing primary reference books such as encyclopedias and dictionaries and stopped publishing bibliographic books. In the 1990s, ABC-Clio began to provide access to its humanities database on [CD-ROM](/source/CD-ROM). The ''Exegy Current Events'' CD-ROM was named "Best Disc of the Year" by [Library Journal](/source/Library_Journal). In 1998, ABC-Clio provided electronic access to ''America: History and Life''. By the 2000s, one of the company's most popular products had become online databases for researching many topics in the field of the humanities. In 2001, ABC-Clio began to publish [eBook](/source/eBook)s, initially providing 150 different titles to schools and libraries. The company's reference books had won numerous awards, and the company started a series of subject-related online databases for secondary school use. In 2004, the company acquired the quarterly historical journal, ''[Journal of the West](/source/Journal_of_the_West)'', which has been published since 1962. In 1996, ABC-Clio merged with an electronic publishing company, Intellimation, which also produced educational software. The merger brought Becky Snyder, who by 2009 had become ABC-Clio's president, from Intellimation.{{Cite journal |url= http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/9605107609/abc-clio-merges-intellimation |title=ABC-CLIO merges with Intellimation |last=Rogers |first=Michael |date=May 1996 |journal=Library Journal |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-access=subscription |volume=121 |issue=8 |issn=0363-0277}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 2007, it sold two databases{{snd}}''Historical Abstracts'' and ''America: History and Life''{{snd}}to [EBSCO Publishing](/source/EBSCO_Publishing); in addition, the companies also agreed a partnership through which nine additional ABC-Clio databases would be distributed through EBSCO Publishing.{{cite press release |title=EBSCO Acquires Two Renowned Databases from ABC-CLIO: ''Historical Abstracts'' and ''America: History and Life'' |agency=AFL-Clio, [EBSCO Publishing](/source/EBSCO_Publishing) |date=2007-06-15 |url= http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/pressroom/pressview.aspx?contentid=100241&task=home |access-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080415014106/http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/pressroom/pressview.aspx?contentid=100241&task=home |archive-date=2008-04-15 |url-status=dead}} In December 2021, [Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) acquired ABC-Clio for {{US$|22.9|link=yes}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US-GDP|22.9|2021|r=1}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).{{Cite magazine |title=Bloomsbury Buys ABC-CLIO for $22.9Million ''[sic]'' |first=Jim |last=Milliot |magazine=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly) |date=2021-12-16 |url= https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/88138-bloomsbury-buys-abc-clio-for-22-9-million.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240910225253/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/88138-bloomsbury-buys-abc-clio-for-22-9-million.html |archive-date=2024-09-10 |url-status=live}} ==Subsidiaries== *Intellimation *Linworth Publishing, Inc.: On March 18, 2009, Libraries Unlimited announced the acquisition of Linworth Publishing, with partnership becoming effective immediately.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090426111444/http://www.abc-clio.com/publishing/pressview.aspx?contentid=100411 Two Top Professional Development Publishers Partner to Create Next-Generation Resources for Librarians and Educators] *''[Journal of the West](/source/Journal_of_the_West)'' ===Imprints and series=== ====ABC-Clio/Greenwood==== {{Main|Greenwood Publishing Group}}In 2008, ABC-Clio acquired the Greenwood Publishing Group from [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt](/source/Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt). The deal gave ABC-Clio a "perpetual license" to use the imprints of Greenwood Press and publish all of its titles. Acquiring the publishing group gave ABC-Clio access to Greenwood Press, Praeger Publishers, Praeger Security International, and Libraries Unlimited.{{Cite journal |url= http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2008/11/publishing/abc-clio-buys-greenwood-imprints/#_ |title=ABC-CLIO "Buys" Greenwood Imprints |last=Albanese |first=Andrew |date=November 2008 |journal=Library Journal |access-date=8 May 2015 |volume=133 |issue=18 |issn=0363-0277 |archive-date=27 November 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161127152317/http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2008/11/publishing/abc-clio-buys-greenwood-imprints/#_ |url-status=dead}} Greenwood focuses on publishing full-text reference works which are authoritative on various topics.{{Cite news |url= http://www.independent.com/news/2012/may/9/kathryn-suarez-appointed-publisher-libraries-unlim/ |title=Kathryn Suárez Appointed Publisher of Libraries Unlimited |date=9 May 2012 |work=Santa Barbara Independent |access-date=8 May 2015}} ====Libraries Unlimited==== Libraries Unlimited came to ABC-Clio as part of a deal with Greenwood Press. In 2012, Kathyrn Suárez was named publisher for this division, which focuses on publishing for librarians and information professionals. ====ABC-Clio Solutions==== ABC-Clio databases are provided under the umbrella of ABC-Clio Solutions. There are fifteen different databases providing access to different subject areas. ABC-Clio Solutions provides digital curriculum with multimedia content, text-to-speech features, translation tools which covers various topics relating to history and the humanities.{{Cite news |url= http://www.eschoolnews.com/2015/02/18/abc-clio-history-783/ |title=ABC-CLIO Upgrades History Instruction with Multimedia Content |date=18 February 2015 |work=eSchool News |access-date=26 November 2016}} After ABC-Clio acquired Greenwood Press's databases, they revamped the look and feel of their interface in order to provide common access through the ABC-Clio interface.{{Cite journal |url= http://www.booklistonline.com/Another-Look-at-ABC-CLIO-Databases-Mary-Ellen-Quinn/pid=4456228 |title=Another Look At: ABC-CLIO Databases |last=Quinn |first=Mary Ellen |date=1 November 2010 |journal=Booklist |access-date=26 November 2016 |volume=107 |issue=5 |page=90 |issn=0006-7385}} ABC-Clio also provided the ability to search across multiple databases through one search, also providing options for narrowing the search after revamping their interface.{{Cite journal |url= http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/27691709/reference-future |title=Reference Into the Future |last=Kuzyk |first=Raya |date=16 November 2007 |journal=Library Journal |access-date=8 May 2015 |url-access=subscription |volume=132 |pages=8–11 |issn=0363-0277}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The new interface is considered user-friendly and provides access to personalized features.{{Cite book |title=Reference Sources for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries |publisher=ALA Editions |date=2014 |isbn=9780838912126 |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages=7–8 |editor-last=O'Gorman |editor-first=Jack |edition=8th}} ====Praeger Publishing==== In 1950, American [Frederick A. Praeger](/source/Frederick_A._Praeger_(publisher)) founded [Frederick A. Praeger, Inc.](/source/Frederick_A._Praeger_(publisher)){{cite news |first=Richard D. |last=Lyons |title=Frederick A. Praeger Dies at 78; Published Books on Communism |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |department=Obituaries |date=1994-06-05 |page=48 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/obituaries/frederick-a-praeger-dies-at-78-published-books-on-communism.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |url-access=subscription |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101009094658/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/05/obituaries/frederick-a-praeger-dies-at-78-published-books-on-communism.html |archive-date=2010-10-09 |url-status=live}} Originally publishing books by disillusioned former Communists who had fled from behind the [Iron Curtain](/source/Iron_Curtain), the publishing house became known for publishing "scholarly and professional books" in the subject areas of social sciences and the humanities. In 1966, Praeger sold his firm to [William B. Benton](/source/William_Benton_(politician)), an American senator and publisher and the chairman of ''[Encyclopaedia Britannica](/source/Encyclopaedia_Britannica)''. In 1976, it was sold to [CBS](/source/CBS),{{Cite news |title=CBS Agrees to Sell Praeger Publishers Unit |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |department=Arts |date=1985-12-18 |page=C22 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/18/arts/cbs-agrees-to-sell-praeger-publishers-unit.html |access-date=2024-09-14 |url-access=subscription |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150524170658/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/18/arts/cbs-agrees-to-sell-praeger-publishers-unit.html |archive-date=2015-05-24 |url-status=live}} which had shortened the name to Praeger Publishing before selling it to [Greenwood Press, Inc.](/source/Greenwood_Press%2C_Inc.), in 1986. When the renamed Greenwood Publishing Group (GPG) was acquired by ABC-Clio in 2009,{{Cite web |url= https://dreamitinc.com/portfolio/greenwood-houghton-mifflin-harcourt/ |title=Greenwood-Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | DA Creative Director |access-date=2017-01-13 |archive-date=2017-01-16 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170116153412/https://dreamitinc.com/portfolio/greenwood-houghton-mifflin-harcourt/ |url-status=dead}} Praeger Publishing became a standalone imprint of ABC-Clio, and remained such when, in December 2021, [Bloomsbury Publishing](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) bought ABC-Clio. ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Portal|Companies|California}} *{{Official website}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Abc-Clio}} Category:Companies based in Santa Barbara, California Category:Companies based in Santa Barbara County, California Category:Book publishing companies based in California Category:Educational book publishing companies Category:Bibliographic database providers Category:Academic publishing companies Category:Publishing companies established in 1953 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [ABC-Clio](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC-Clio) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC-Clio?action=history)). 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