从一九七八年年底起,美国《读者文摘》用十五种文字出版。其中有中文版。另外还有盲文版、大号字版和录音带版。它在美国国内的销数是一千八百三十万册,在国外的销数是一千一百七十万册。《读者文摘》的历史是资本主义世界报刊发迹史的一个缩影。第一次世界大战以前,美国威斯汀豪斯电气公司的一名职员德威特·华莱斯创办了一个小型的《农业文摘》,选登美国政府农业出版物中的重要文章,受到了一些读者的欢迎。一九二二年华莱斯被威斯汀豪斯电气公司解雇,他就同他的妻子莱拉在纽约一家 From the end of 1978, the United States has published “Reader’s Digest” in 15 languages. There is a Chinese version There are also Braille, large version and tape version. It sold 18.3 million copies in the United States and 17.7 million copies abroad. The history of Reader’s Digest is a microcosm of the fortunes of capitalist world newspapers. Before World War I, DeWittles, a staff member at Westinghouse Electric Company in the United States, founded a small “Agricultural Digest” that picked up important articles from the U.S. government agricultural publications and was influenced by Some readers welcome. In 1922, Wallace was dismissed by Westinghouse Electric Company and he and his wife Laila were in New York