Print version of Wikipedia

[Perd Hapley]

These hipsters are really getting out of hand. Now they want print editions of Wikipedia. A "world book" they call it.

Weird.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/06/rejoice-its-2023-and-you-can-still-buy-a-22-volume-paper-encyclopedia/

Based in Chicago, World Book, Inc. first published an encyclopedia in 1917, and it has released a new edition almost every year since 1925. The company, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, claims that its encyclopedia is "the only general reference encyclopedia still published today." My research seems to back up this claim, at least in English; it's possibly true even for languages. Its fiercest competitor of yore, The Encyclopedia Britannica, ended its print run in 2012 after 244 years in print.

I have some "built-in" shelves in the works for my living room. I wouldn't shell out for the latest World Book, but I might consider an old(ish) set of the Britannica.

[charby]

I have to work with Amish every now and then, so far everyone I have met has an encyclopedia set in their homes.

[WLJ]

These hipsters are really getting out of hand. Now they want print editions of Wikipedia. A "world book" they call it.

Weird.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2023/06/rejoice-its-2023-and-you-can-still-buy-a-22-volume-paper-encyclopedia/
 

I have some "built-in" shelves in the works for my living room. I wouldn't shell out for the latest World Book, but I might consider an old(ish) set of the Britannica.

I recently got rid (Goodwill) of a 1983 Britannica set because I couldn't find anyone to take it.
Still have a complete 1936 and 1904 set.

Edit: Never mind. Just remembered I did get someone to come and get it. Darn memory.

[Ben]

I have the 1960 World Book set my dad got after I was born. He did the same thing in 1980 for my niece, and in 2013 for my grandniece. Mine is by far the best set.

Actually that's 2013 for my grandniece, not 2003.

[RoadKingLarry]

A friend of mine recently gave me a full set of the Popular Mechanics Do it Yourself Encyclopedia dated 1955.
They are in very good condition.
I've only looked through them a little bit but they seem to be a pretty good, if dated DIY reference.

https://www.amazon.com/Mechanics-yourself-Encyclopedia-Craftsman-Hobbyist/dp/B000JILPXY/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=popular+mechanics+do+it+yourself+encyclopedia&qid=1686607401&s=books&sr=1-5

[WLJ]

I have the 1960 World Book set my dad got after I was born. He did the same thing in 1980 for my niece, and in 2003 for my grandniece. Mine is by far the best set.

I like that idea although by the time my daughter was born (1997) most everyone had moved on to the CD versions and since I was in IT.......
Yeah I know, not the same

[WLJ]

My mother, who the 1983(84?) Britannica set belonged to originally, kept trying to give it to my daughter who by the time she needed something like that there was the online version of Britannica which was being updated regularly. My mother also kept trying to give her an old typewriter. I just couldn't make her understand she has her own computer and access to a printer and she didn't need it.. "But she needs something to do her papers on, how is she going to do her school papers?". Finally took it just to please my mother and put it in the basement. I loved my mother but she just couldn't get past the 1940s-1950s tech wise.

Now there was a Great Ideas book set that my mother bought along with the encyclopedia and I kept those and my daughter pulls one out from time to time. Great books.

Edit: Here they are on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/142980209477

[AZRedhawk44]

I think every family should invest in an encyclopedia set, once a generation or so.

Examining the same topics through a 25 year differential lens is really illuminating regarding human outlook.  I crack up at some of the stuff we have in an early 20th century set (pre-WW1).  They make great heirlooms to pass on how perspective can change over time.