I thought they had already stopped... I'm sure I remember an announcement like this a year or two ago... does anyone know what it is I'm remembering?
On 13 March 2012 22:49, Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last. (Now I want to get one, to > replace my old set!) Future versions will be digital only. > > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication > > Britannica president Jorge Cauz notes that their revenue from the > online encyclopedia was already 15x that of the print version -- 15% > of their total, compared to 1%. Most of their revenue for years has > come from other targeted educational materials. As he says in the > Guardian, > > "Today our digital database is much larger than what we can fit in the > print set. And it is up to date because we can revise it within > minutes anytime we need to, and we do it many times each day." > > SJ. > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l