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Originally Posted by Uncle Robin
I'm pretty sure there will never be another dead tree OED, which is why I'm glad my library keeps their subscription up-to-date. It's why Kobo's previous abysmal dictionaries didn't bother me much, since the ne plus ultra is bookmarked in my browser. And A-Z all MUCH more accessible than having to flick through heavy books!  |
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Originally Posted by pgilster
Absolutely right. Having the entire OED available online is a wonderful asset, though if you go through Oxford itself, the charge is steep. Just checked, though, and now see that Oxford is offering a year's access for $90, whereas not long ago it was $295. Seems to be a temporary offer. Better indeed if you can get it online through your library.
Anyway, still delighted to have the ODE on my two Kobos. What a treat!
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I lament the lack of a new edition in print form, and realise it will probably never happen. It might be cost prohibitive... although, not in the way people think. With printing in China being so cheap and with a genuine global market for a print OED, OUP is probably worried that a print edition would cut into their digital sales which are much more profitable overall.
I would love for Oxford to continue with some form of CD static release, non-subscription digital edition, simply because the recent corpus
addenda aren't that compelling, at all. For any modern words and phrases something like the ODE, with it's contemporary corpus linguistics-based approach is a much better and practical resource, which is why Kobo's choice here is commendable.
Until the 3rd edition rewrite is complete and has had time to settle, and scholars have had time to analyse the work that's been done, the subscription model doesn't make much sense for those of us that already own the 2nd edition in any format.