Encyclopedia Britannica Gets Out of the Print Business

Back in my reference workshop days, I always offered the following advice. If you can afford just one encyclopedia in your collection, make it World Book.  I feel that Britannica took itself out of serious contention in 1974 with its 15th edition -- the cumbersome, misguided, Micropedia/Macropedia method of organization.

And Wikipedia is there.

The Magic of the Britannica 11.  Still revered in some quarters.