If you have a previous World Book
edition for Mac OS X (2002-2007 editions), you can order
the upgrade for $34.95!
Webcam Collection
The next best thing to being
half way across the world is to travel through
the magic of Webcams. Software MacKiev has added
hundreds of editor-approved Webcams to the 2008
edition of World Book. Witness the construction
of the world's largest ferris wheel in Singapore.
Look out for "Nessie" on Loch Ness in
the Scottish Highlands. See the trains roll into
Blumberg Station in southern Germany and the gondoliers
navigating the Grand Canal in Venice. The webcams
are all kid-safe and updated monthly.
Media
Showcase Widget
Do you know where sitatungas live?
Find out with World Book's newest widget: The 2008 World
Book Media Showcase. With more than a thousand gorgeous
images from World Book articles gathered in a quiz format,
you'll have fun learning about people, places and living
things across the planet while viewing the best of World
Book's media collection. If you're stumped, you can click
through to the World Book article to find the answer.
Content
for iPods and iPhones
All World Book media content
has been adapted to play on Apple's latest iPods
including the new iPod Nano and iPod Touch. Exporting
World Book content to your iPod is just one click
away so you can take World Book's media library
with you. Watch a documentary video clip on the
Civil War or listen to World Book's rich music
collection anywhere you roam. As a bonus, our This
Day in History widget is also available as an iPhone
application that you can also play on an iPod Touch.
Thousands of new articles and
pictures
Each year the editors of the World
Book's 22-volume paper-bound version of the encyclopedia,
update articles and add new ones. Those all are taken
word for word into the multimedia edition. For 2008
there are more than 4,000 new and updated articles – from
genetically modified food to the Iran-Iraq War, Kate
Winslet, and Johnny Depp – as
well as lots of great new photographs, illustrations,
video clips, and more!
