Encyclopedia Britannica halts print publication after 244 years The paper edition of the encyclopedia ends its centuries-long run, but is it a victim or beneficiary of the digital age? Its legacy winds back through centuries and across continents, past the birth of America to the waning days of the Enlightenment. It is a record of humanity's achievements in war and peace, art and science, exploration and discovery. It has been taken to represent the sum of ... Encyclopedia Britannica ends print publications The Encyclopaedia Britannica will end print publication after 244 years and go "completely digital," the Chicago-based company said Tuesday. Britannica Goes Electronic After decades of struggle in an increasingly paper-free world, the 32-volume Encyclopedia Britannica is going completely digital. Encyclopedia Britannica puts an end to print publishing The familiar Encyclopedia Britannica reference books will now only be published digitally, says the company. Good-bye Encyclopedia Britannica: Good-bye to the printed record It had to happen, but as we race to leave print behind, we should remember what we're losing as well. Encyclopedia Britannica to end printed editions Online edition continues. Encyclopedia Britannica to cease 200-year-old print publication By: The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years, someone amon... Encyclopedia Britannica Ending Print Publication The Encyclopaedia Britannica, for nearly a quarter of a millenium the English-speaking world's singular authority on virtually all disciplines, will no longer publish a paper edition as one of the most revered icons of the pre-digital world morphs into so many gigabytes. Why Encyclopedia Britannica mattered The world received word yesterday that the publishers of Encyclopedia Britannica would stop producing hardbound, paper copies of their venerable reference. Encyclopedia Britannica Goes Out of Print "We're digital, we're mobile, and we're social," says the company's president.
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