Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Encyclopedia britannica

  • On Wednesday, Myron Taxman, one of the worlds last door-to-door Encyclopedia Britannica salesmen, received a flurry of phone calls and emails from his former colleagues.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • NEW YORK -- After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. Britannica usually prints a new set of the tomes every two years, but 2010s 32-volume set will be its last.
  • (KTLA.com)
  • After nearly 250 years, the Encyclopedia Britannica is kicking the paper habit. In the digital age, the granddaddy of general knowlege, where anyone could go and look up seemingly anything, has been rendered obsolete, at least in paper form.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • The Encyclopedia Britannica announced on Tuesday that after 244 years in print, it would no longer be producing physical copies of its multi-volume book set.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • For years Ive heard people go on and on about how, as electronic books replace physical ones, well lose the precious tactile dimension of the written word.
  • (Yahoo Finance)
  • Video description: Billboard looks to streaming services to find popular songs, Walmart offers a new way to watch the DVDs you own, and Encyclopedia Britannica drops its print edition after 244 venerable years. Its Wednesday, March 14th 2012.
  • (CNET News)
  • We all live in a time when we want everything instantly, including our news and weather. And now the way we view encyclopedias will be instant, too.
  • (Bay News 9)
  • (CNN)-- The world received word yesterday that the publishers of Encyclopedia Britannica would stop producing hardbound, paper copies of their venerable reference. Actually, they stopped in 2010 but didnt tell anyone.
  • (CNN)
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  • (YAHOO!)

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