The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2010 |  | Author: World Almanac Books
Creator: Sarah Janssen
Publisher: World Almanac
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 8
Pages: 1008
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.4 x 1.6
ISBN: 1600571239
Dewey Decimal Number: 317.3
EAN: 9781600571237
ASIN: 1600571239
Publication Date: November 17, 2009
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Product Description
Get answers to virtually any question with this impressive compendium of information. The World Almanac and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 80 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning needs. Labeled a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific and educational statistics and information" by the Wall Street Journal, the almanac contains thousands of facts that are unavailable publicly elsewhere, making it a must-have for students, teachers, and anyone with a thirst for knowledge-in fact, it has been featured as a category on Jeopardy and is routinely used as a go-to general study guide for aspiring game show contestants. Coming soon in a 2010 edition and boasting full-color and black-and-white photographs, The World Almanac and Book of Facts will answer all your trivia questions-spanning a wide range of categories, including history, sports, geography, pop culture, and much more. Notable features include: 2009 Time Capsule, The Bush Legacy, Swine Flu Coverage, Decade in Review U.S. Colleges and Universities Population Statistics for Cities over 10,000 People ,The World at a Glance, Offbeat News Stories, World Series Results, Year in Pictures.
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 Poor Kindel Addition August 15, 2010
K. Hagedorn (Myrtle Beash, SC, USA)
I bought the Kindle addition thinking that it would be an excellent version to have handy. I've bought the World Almanac for years and know it's a great quick source.
The Kindle addition has no active index. In fact, the index is read only and useless. Also, the charts are not scanned at a high enough resolution to be easily readable. They are pretty much useless too. Suggest you avoid the 2010 Kindle edition. Maybe for the 2011 edition they will spend a little more time and make it as useful as the paper version.
 It's all here! June 2, 2010
Doris M. Nugent
... a complete reference book. It doesn't have analysis, but has facts. Early times to current times, science to sport, government, economics, all the arts and much, much more, the statistics are here. Have a question? This book probably has the answer. I buy the newest edition every three or four years and give my older one away, making someone else happy too.
 excellent source of information May 9, 2010
Charles Farley (Bluffton, SC USA)
The information contained in the World Almanac is always very useful and interesting. I particularly enjoy the sections on population, climate, and geography.
The best World Almanac April 30, 2010
Rino Di Stefano (Arenzano, GE Italy)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I believe that this book is my best work's tool I have ever had. As a journalist I can find any information I need in The World Almanac and Book of Fact. And any news is complete ad exhaustive. I buy it every year and can't stay without it.
 Kindle Edition review April 25, 2010
Michael I. Cinoman
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I am reviewing the Kindle edition. I should have looked at the reviews more carefully before I purchased and realized that there were almost no Kindle reviews. I thought that as I was looking in the Kindle section the reviews were all for the Kindle edition. Not the case- they are all lumped together - Hardback edition, paperback edition and Kindle edition.
The Kindle edition has several large problems compared with the print editions. First of all, for some reason, there are large omissions from the print editions. I have no idea why since size should not be a factor when creating the electronic version. You actually are getting a greater volume of information when you buy the paperback.
Secondly, all the charts and graphs are scanned in somehow and are difficult to read. If the resolution of the scan was better, it might help. However, most of these tables could be made electronically just like the text. After all, that is how they are originally made before they are published in print form. Now I grant you that it must be more difficult to publish an almanac electronically compared with, say, a John Grisham novel (which is just one really large text file), but this is what the electonic medium should be about.
Also, the full index is not present in electronic form - just the table of contents. This makes it very difficult to find particular information you want to look up. Say you want to know the state flower of Indiana. The best you can do is find that USA section in the table of contents and then turn pages - one by one - till you find Indiana and then read. You could find it in the paperback in 10 seconds - it would take minutes on the Kindle. There is no reason they could not have a detailed index at the back.
Hopefully, this will get better as electronic book publishing improves over time. I have always thought it would be great to have an almanac on a device like the Kindle or Ipad to have all this info at your fingertips, but it will have to be in a much improved published format to be really useful.
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