The defeat was also a turning point in business strategy; from then on, they discontinued all licensing of single-edition illustrated encyclopedias (on topics such as science, history, nature, or painting) from DK.
謝宜英說，慘遭第一次滑鐵盧後，從此單本彩色百科全書（如科學、歷史、自然、繪畫等）就不再與 DK 續約。