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The Coles bookstore first published Coles Notes in 1948. The first title published was on the French novella Colomba by Prosper Mérimée. [1] [2] In 1958, Jack Cole and Carl Cole, founders of Coles, sold the U.S. rights to Coles Notes to Cliff Hillegass who then published the books under CliffsNotes. By 1960, Coles notes sales had peaked.
By 1960, Coles Notes sales peaked when baby boomers were beginning to attend high school. At their peak, there were over 120 titles, mostly dealing with English novels, but they also had numerous other subjects, including languages, mathematics, and physics. [citation needed] In the 1960s, Hillegass gradually eliminated the Cole's version of ...
Coles published a series of Canadian study guides called Coles Notes, and sold Hillegass the U.S. rights to the guides. Hillegass and his wife, Catherine, started the business in their basement at 511 Eastridge Drive in Lincoln, with sixteen William Shakespeare titles. By 1964, sales reached one million Notes annually.
The original Coles Notes were typed up by Mrs. Alcorn, and produced by mimeograph machine. [citation needed] (Mrs. Alcorn stayed with Coles Bookstores as long as it remained in the hands of the Coles brothers.) Coles Notes have sold over 80,000,000 copies worldwide, [citation needed] and served as the foundation for the similar Cliffs Notes ...
Coles Notes Toronto, ON, Canada 7743 Ontario Publications Services Section government publisher 7744 Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: 7746 Presses de l'Université Laval: 7747 Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (Canada) also Thompson Learning? 7748 University of British Columbia Press: 7750 Librairie Beauchemin 7752 Actuelle 7753
Jack Isadore Cole (1920–1997), co-founder of the Coles bookstore chain and Coles Notes Jack Cole, pseudonym of David Donachie (born 1944), Scottish nautical historical novelist Jack Cole (rugby league) (born 2003), Australian rugby player
Pretty sure Coles Notes are where it all began, Cliff Notes are the American version of them (rights sold to them by one of the Coles). They go back to 1948. We actually had them in lieu of the original sometimes as our school texts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.180.218.83 21:20, 3 March 2011 (UTC)
York Notes are a series of English literature study guides sold in the United Kingdom and in approximately 100 countries worldwide. They are sold as revision material for GCSE and A-level exams particularly as literary guides to introduce students to sophisticated analysis and perspectives of the specific title.