Integrated Publishing System

Integrated Publishing System is a system released in 1982[1] for publishing multilingual literature.[2][3]

According to the system description prepared by IBM, "The Integrated Publishing System provided text entry, interactive full-page composition, and output to an online phototypesetter for quality publications such as brochures, reports, manuals, books and magazines."[4]

The software was developed by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society[2][3] on an IBM mainframe computer[5] using an Autologic typesetter. IPS was acquired by IBM, which intended to use the system to increase its hold on the publishing industry.[6] The system was available until at least 1990.[4]

The system went on to have some success commercially, being used to publishing the Encyclopædia Britannica - according to the account of the long-time editor-in-chief of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Robert McHenry,[2][3] which was the first universal encyclopedia available in an electronic version.[7]

References

  1. ^ "PROGRAMMING PRICE LIST FOR: IBM SERIES/l" (PDF), Service For Consultants-October 1982, IBM, p. 10 (165)
  2. ^ a b c Robert McHenry: Britannica Online History, 2003, Archived 2011-05-25 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b c Robert McHenry. "The Building of Britannica Online". William J. Bowe. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
  4. ^ a b IBM System/370, 30xx, 4300, and 9370 Processors. Bibliography of Industry Systems and Application Programs (PDF), IBM, p. 250, January 1990
  5. ^ Technical Newsletter GN20-0370-7. IBM System/370, 30xx and 4300 Processors: Bibliography of Industry Systems and Applications Programs (PDF), IBM, p. 46 (52), September 30, 1983
  6. ^ Seybold Report on Publishing Systems, vol. 12, Seybold Publishing Inc., September 13, 1982
  7. ^ "Robert McHenry". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2025-11-07.
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