Britannica drops print edition

Online only from now on

[tangor]

After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica will cease publishing its flagship encyclopedia and concentrate on its digital offerings.

"We'd like to think our tradition is not to print, but to bring scholarly knowledge to the people," said Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Britannica has printed the encyclopedia, which now runs to 32 volumes in length, since 1768. The 2010 edition was the last edition the company published. It has decided not to print what would be the 2012 edition, which would have been out by the end of the year. The company has about 4,000 sets of the 2010 edition still available for sale. Overall about 2 million sets have been printed through the entire run of the encyclopedia.

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[engine]

I don't know how anyone could afford to buy a complete set. Perhaps that's part of the reason for its demise.

[rocknbil]

Or, in this day and age . . . where to put them, or get anyone to open one!

Flash forward another 100: "Gibson guitars has made the decision to cease production of it's premier guitars in favor of developing the finest iPad guitar app possible, providing vibrational electronic feedback to emulate the actual strumming of the strings . . . "