The third edition of the Green Book () was first published by IUPAC in 2007.  A second printing of the third edition was released in 2008; this printing made several minor revisions to the 2007 text.  A third printing of the third edition was released in 2011.  The text of the third printing is identical to that of the second printing.
A Japanese translation of the third edition of the Green Book () was published in 2009.  A French translation of the third edition of the Green Book () was published in 2012. A [http://www.sbq.org.br/livroverde/ Portuguese translation] (Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese) of the third edition of the Green Book () was published in 2018, with updated values of the physical constants and atomic weights; it is referred to as the "Livro Verde".
A concise four-page summary of the most important material in the Green Book was published in the July–August 2011 issue of Chemistry International, the IUPAC news magazine.
The second edition of the Green Book () was first published in 1993.  It was reprinted in 1995, 1996, and 1998.
The Green Book is a direct successor of the Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, originally prepared for publication on behalf of IUPACs Physical Chemistry Division by M. L. McGlashen in 1969.  A full history of the Green Books various editions is provided in the historical introduction to the third edition.
The second edition and the third edition (second printing) of the Green Book have both been made available online as PDF files; the PDF version of the third edition is fully searchable. The four-page concise summary is also available online as a PDF file. External Links (below).