(English: ''Publisher Encyclopedia'') was an East-German publishing house located in

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. It was founded on 1 November 1956 by the

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(GDR) as a VEB. In 1964, the publishing house was merged with the larger (BI), with which it had previously cooperated already, but it retained its legal independence. was originally intended to export works from

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encyclopedic publishers, but this plan failed. The publishing house then specialized in languages, its program included

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, grammar books, language textbooks and phrasebooks as well as linguistic magazines. From 1980, this included the (Journal for English and American Studies) and the (Journal for German Studies). A complete bibliographic catalog published by the publisher in 1981 listed 800 titles in 60 languages. In 1988, the number of titles published by the 235 employees together with the was 246, including 121 first editions. After the

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, the publishing houses and were converted into the on 27 June 1990. At the end of May 1991 it was sold to ''BIFAB Mannheim'', and on 1 November 1991 it was resold to

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