![]() ![]() "The sales of printed encyclopedias have been negligible for several years," Cauz said. The final hardcover encyclopedia set is available for sale at Britannica's website for $1,395. The first CD-ROM edition was published in 1989 and a version went online in 1994. The company started exploring digital publishing in the 1970s. That number fell to 40,000 just six years later in 1996, he said. The top year for the printed encyclopedia was 1990, when 120,000 sets were sold, Cauz said. "This has to do with the fact that now Britannica sells its digital products to a large number of people." "This has nothing to do with Wikipedia or Google," Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. ![]() Officials said the end of the printed, 32-volume set has been foreseen for some time. The Chicago-based company will continue to offer digital versions. It will stop being available when the current stock runs out, the company said. ![]() The book-form of Encyclopaedia Britannica has been in print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768. "It was announced that after 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print, instead focusing on its online encyclopedia," the entry read. ![]()
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