The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
Does anyone know? It would have been one of the Centennial books, I suppose, but I wonder what the very last shorthand publication was that they produced.
And was there any kind of official announcement about discontinuing Gregg shorthand? Or did it just kind of quietly go off the market?
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A new edition of the Series 90 Spanish version combining the previously published text and workbook, was published in 2000. I think that is the newest Gregg Shorthand book. In English, it is the Centennial series.
I don't think there was ever an official announcement.
Carlos, Amazon lists a 2003 publication date for Taquigrafía Gregg Dictado y Transcripcion (ISBN 9701042425) – do you know if that is the date of original publication for that item, or was it just a reprint done at that time?
McGraw-Hill Mexico website indicates it was a first edition released on July 1, 2003.
http://mcgraw-hill.com.mx/mexw/print/9701042425.html
I believe that's a reprint of the 1994 Centennial edition, but with a different cover. From what I could find out, it has the same number of pages as the previous edition (324 pages). I don't have a copy of that book though. (Incidentally, the S90 and Centennial principles in Spanish are exactly the same.)
It is remarkable that those Spanish versions are still in print.
Gregg Shorthand Manual Simplified – Third Edition (Gerard O'Kennedy), was published by the McGraw-Hill Book Company (UK) Ltd in 1991, and is, therefore, later than Centennial (in the English language publications).
True that.