Living: Access Reinvents the Guidebook

Monday, Jun. 18, 1984

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Always alert to what is new, Wurman continues to think originally about how each book should be done. The new guide to New Orleans was published this year in time for the fair. A TV Viewer's Guide to the Los Angeles Olympic Games sold 4 million before it even went to press; Portuguese-and Japanese-language editions of the TV Olympic guide are also available. In the fall a Tokyo sourcebook will be bilingual.

In 1982 Frank Stanton, former president of CBS Inc., bought a half interest in AccessPress, giving it the financial base for further expansion. Within the next three years the partners plan books on Chicago, London, money and investments. Wurman, a TV fan, is contemplating an Access for popular programs such as Dallas. Soon to come is a guide to hospitalization. Anyone with less energy than Wurman would need one already. ∎

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