"The Encyclopaedia Britannica", the world's most famous print encyclopedia, has announced that after 244 years in print, it is no longer going to make new physical copies of its flagship publication. The 32-volume, $1,395 edition that the Chicago-based company put out in 2010 was its last; future versions will live entirely online.
This is an announcement that had been coming - according to the Financial Times, only 8,500 copies of the most recent edition were printed. The first edition appeared in 1768, in Scotland.
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Nothing better than having the hard copy. Flipping the pages to find your given topic.
To me it is very odd going into homes that do not have any books or magazines. Just seems so empty and sterile. I love the internet, but having a book in your hands is much more real to me.
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