On Nov 16, 2006, at 3:36 AM, David Gerard wrote:
A friend of mine has a 1980 set of Encyclopedia Britannica he's trying to get rid of. They're not going to be public domain in many of our lifetimes and the information will be out of date enough to be misleading in many ways - they would not be appropriate for a school.
I see there's another 1980 EB on eBay right now that's had no bids. Nobody Cares (tm).
Your suggestions are welcomed ...
They can be given away locally, shipping cost would exceed their value. We have a free box where I live. Or to the land fill. I have a set like that which I keep around, but in two years have only consulted it a few times. I suppose a Wikipedian could use it to fill in some gaps and for fact checking. Postage is about equal to the value of the set, so you should offer it free.
Fred