NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. Britannica usually prints a new set of the tomes every two years, but ...

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The last of the printed sets of the multi-volume Encyclopedia Britannica are “flying off the shelves,” the company’s president says.

Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. announced it will stop publishing print editions of its flagship encyclopedia for the first time in more than 200 years.

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Last week saw another milestone: the symbolic funeral of paper encyclopedias, with the inevitable announcement that the Encyclopedia Britannica is ceasing print publication.

The Encyclopedia Britannica will update its website this week with tools to streamline user-submitted suggestions for edits and provide them a credit by publishing their name alongside the article ...

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