[Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Samuel Klein, 14/03/2012 03:00:
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Yaroslav M. Blanter<putevod at mccme.ru>  wrote:
>>>
>> No, I think there were only like three big universal encyclopaedias still
>> being printed (Britannica, Brockhaus, and Russian Encyclopaedia?), unless I
>> am confusing things.
>
> There's also World Book in English, the biggest seller of print
> encyclopedias (aimed at high-school students).
> And Barsa in Portuguese.

Treccani still publishes several reductions, in 1, 2, 3 or 10 volumes (+ 
digital version on USB drive). http://www.treccani.it/catalogo 
http://www.nuovatreccani.it
They still use door-to-door selling to people who want something pretty 
to put on thei shelves.

Nemo