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 ...

The Encyclopedia Britannica is going out of print after 244 years. Only 4,000 copies of the last print edition remain in the warehouse — thirty-two volumes that weigh 129 pounds —and you can have a ...

It has been a long time since I’ve used an encyclopaedia on optical disc. The internet has been my main source of information on anything and everything for what seems like a lifetime. But once upon a ...

It’s the end of an era that began in 1768. The Encyclopaedia Britannica has announced that it’s terminating publication of its 32-volume print edition. It’ll continue online. But for those of us who ...

It seems that old chestnut about absence making the heart grow fonder is true — at least when it comes to reference books. After announcing in mid-March that it would no longer publish the print ...

Encyclopaedia Britannica, a compendium of knowledge which has been in continuous print since 1768, is to go digital only this year. Sales of the hefty volumes have been on the decline since 1990 when ...