It first flirted with digital publishing in the 1970s, published a version for computers in 1981 for LexisNexis subscribers and first posted to the Internet in 1994. It is the latest move Encyclopedia Britannica has made to expand its Internet reference services and move farther into educational products. The company said it will keep selling print editions until the current stock of around 4000 sets ran out. An online subscription costs around $70 per year and the company recently launched a set of apps ranging between $1.99 and $4.99 per month. The flagship, 32-volume printed edition, available every two years, was sold for $1400. Today, with a price tag of over 1,300, printed editions are bought only by libraries, schools and a few other institutions. The Encyclopedia Britannica, which has been in continuous print since it was first published in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1768, said Tuesday it will end publication of its printed editions and continue with digital versions available online. Encyclopaedia Britannica Books Britannica Global Edition 2016 ( 30 Volumes ). REUTERS/Courtesy of Encyclopaedia Britannica/Handout A 32 volume set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica is shown in this undated publicity photograph released to Reuters on March 13, 2012.
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