Today, up-to-date information flows freely thanks to the Internet. It's only a Google search away. Many people rely on Wikipedia, which is a nonprofit collaborative resource, for reference purposes. Despite that, some people and organizations apparently still buy paper encyclopedias. Evans said that sales of the print edition are "in the thousands" and that World Book always prints just enough copies to satisfy demand.
"Print encyclopedias are dead" is a LIE
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ericbarbour
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"Print encyclopedias are dead" is a LIE
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/06 ... yclopedia/
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Re: "Print encyclopedias are dead" is a LIE
On demand printing can be profitable "in the thousands"
As a kid, my folks bought the lesser "WorldBook" in time to elementary school.
As a kid, my folks bought the lesser "WorldBook" in time to elementary school.
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Re: "Print encyclopedias are dead" is a LIE
Wikipedia is becoming less important as chatbots are becoming more important. Even Ralph Nader is worried about our future, as chatbots get smarter and seem unstoppable:
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/20 ... re-coming/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/20 ... re-coming/