Personally, as a kid, I loved Encyclopedia Britannica. My dad's 1960's edition had my favorite entry, the one for "Frog" showing the different layers of a dissected frog on transparent layers.

The first CD-ROM edition was published in 1989 and a version went online in 1994. The final hardcover encyclopedia set is available for sale at Britannica's website for $1,395. "The sales of ...

The Encyclopaedia Britannica -- which has been in print continuously since its beginnings in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1768 -- is finally abandoning print and moving exclusively online. The current ...

After announcing in mid-March that it would no longer publish the print edition of its eponymous series, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., was overwhelmed with orders for the final edition and is ...

“Now we’re studying intergalactic space!” The first edition of Encyclopedia Britannica, dating back to 1768, takes up no more than 8 inches on his desk. The newest version covers multiple ...

Britannica has printed the encyclopedia, which now runs to 32 volumes in length, since 1768. The 2010 edition was the last edition the company published. It has decided not to print what would be ...

The end of the Encyclopaedia Britannica print version (retail value $1400 ... The publisher of the 32-volume print edition, announced Wednesday that it will stop production and will only continue with ...