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Old 03-14-2012, 04:27 AM   #1
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No more EB
No more Encyclopaedia Britannica at least as DTB.

Now that is a major sign of a format switch.
As much as it saddens me, I relaize the rationale behind the decision.
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Old 03-14-2012, 05:20 AM   #2
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have you hear of wikipedia?
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Old 03-14-2012, 05:29 AM   #3
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Gah, I figured encyclopedia sets went out long ago. Like before the turn of the century. The news here is that it lasted this long, yea?
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Old 03-14-2012, 05:33 AM   #4
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We got rid of our sets of World Book and EB about ten years ago.
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Old 03-14-2012, 07:31 AM   #5
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http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.co...s-the-presses/

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Britannica's fate was sealed back around 1991 when they *forced* Microsoft into the Encyclopedia business. Long, cautionary story there.
Short version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encarta#History
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:17 AM   #6
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Print: $1,395
  • Online: $69.95
  • DVD: $29.95


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Looks like Wikipedia wins this round
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:23 AM   #7
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:23 AM   #8
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Yeah. e-readers had really nothing to do with it. It was the internet and wiki that killed them. They havent really sold for years. This is a good move. I bet the online edition of EB is far superior to wiki in some repsects.
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:25 AM   #9
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have you hear of wikipedia?
Have you ever heard of standards of accuracy?
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:28 AM   #10
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I bet the online edition of EB is far superior to wiki in some repsects.
For $70 a year, it better be.
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Old 03-14-2012, 08:56 AM   #11
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If you're looking for an authoritative source, I don't think price should be the primary criteria, especially when it's a relatively paltry amount.

That's not to say Wikipedia isn't a valuable resource, because it is, but the same things that make it so useful also tend to make it less reliable. Yeah, I know "real" encyclopedias have mistakes also, but it's not like you or me can edit the EB as a joke.
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:01 AM   #12
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I bet most of the people who access encyclopedias online do it informal purposes. Therefore, Wikipedia is more than adequate for their needs.
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:06 AM   #13
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My daughter is in first grade and studying Africa and we have done lots of research online. We just use plain old Google and see what we get. I really don't think there's anything the encyclopedia companies could have done differently, it's just a different world today.

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Old 03-14-2012, 09:20 AM   #14
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
  • Print: $1,395
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  • DVD: $29.95


Wikipedia
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Looks like Wikipedia wins this round
Not really, wiki is often worth exactly what you pay for it...
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Old 03-14-2012, 09:23 AM   #15
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I bet most of the people who access encyclopedias online do it informal purposes. Therefore, Wikipedia is more than adequate for their needs.
So casually looking something up means you don't need to bother about the accuracy or bias of the information... wiki is useful but I always temper it with at least another source, doesn't exactly take very long...
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