The U.S. Army was founded on June 14, 1775, when the Continental Congress authorized enlistment of riflemen to serve the United Colonies for one year. For more on the history of the U.S. Army birthday, click here: the Army birthday.
With the advent of digital information systems and the Internet, the scope of publishing has expanded to include electronic resources such as the electronic versions of books and periodicals, as well as micropublishing, websites, blogs, video game publishers, and the like.
Some publishers are experimenting with Open Access for book publishing. The most common model is for the online version of the book to be made Open Access while the hard copy, bound version is sold through bookstores (either online book retailers, such as Amazon, or in shops on the street).