> From: Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List > <foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Cc: Wikipedia list <wikipedi...@lists.wikimedia.org>, English > Wikipedia <wikie...@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop > printing books > Message-ID: > <caatu9wk4dnyvgphphjsasg8+mxx3pqx5wj08n3n1an45d93...@mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2010's 32-volume set will be its last. (Now I want to get one, to > replace my old set!) Future versions will be digital only. > > > http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/13/after-244-years-encyclopaedia-britannica-stops-the-presses/?smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/mar/13/encyclopedia-britannica-halts-print-publication > > Britannica president Jorge Cauz notes that their revenue from the > online encyclopedia was already 15x that of the print version -- 15% > of their total, compared to 1%. Most of their revenue for years has > come from other targeted educational materials. As he says in the > Guardian, > > "Today our digital database is much larger than what we can fit in the > print set. And it is up to date because we can revise it within > minutes anytime we need to, and we do it many times each day." > > SJ. >
Unfortunatelly they still not realize that if published using a free licence compatible with Wikipedeia their income would be even 15 times larger. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
