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For more than 130 years, the publishing industry and the communities it serves have looked to Bowker® for meaningful and authoritative industry information. As technology has advanced, so have the ways in which Bowker can gather, supply, and enhance that information with an ever increasing focus on the needs of the markets we serve. We have provided a simple time-line below, detailing the many milestones that make up Bowker's rich history. Talk to us about where we've been and where we hope to go. Your perspective and feedback could be pivotal to our next great milestone. 1872: Publishers Weekly® founded
1873: The Publishers Trade List Annual published
1880: The American Catalog published
1932: Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory™ published
1948: Books In Print® published
1967: Xerox Corporation acquires Bowker
1968: Bowker becomes the U.S. ISBN Agency
1985: Reed International acquires Bowker
1986: Books In Print® ON DISC introduced
1999: ulrichsweb.com® launched
2000: BooksInPrint.com® launched
2000: GlobalBooksInPrint.com® launched
2001: Cambridge Information Group acquires Bowker
2002: Barnes & Noble designates Books In Print® database of record
2002: Bowker acquires Pubnet®
2003: Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System™ launched
2003: Bowker acquires PubEasy®
2003: Bowker acquires Simba Information®
2004: PatronBooksInPrint.com™ is launched
2004: Bowker acquires Monument Information Resource™ (MIR)
2004: Bowker acquires Syndetic Solutions™
2005: Bowker debuts Ulrich's Resource Linker™
2005: Bowker introduces Bowker's Book Analysis System™ with H.W. Wilson
2006: Fiction Connection™ readers advisory tool is launched
2006: Resources for College Libraries™ database of core titles is launched
2007: Bowker launches PubTrack™ suite of business intelligence tools
2007: Syndetic Solutions™ launches Syndetics ICE™ search tool
2007: Non-Fiction Connection™ readers advisory tool is launched
2007: Bowker acquires Medialab Solutions, developer of AquaBrowser® Library
2008: Bowker launches MyIdentifiers.com comprehensive identifier services site
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