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It reminds me of what encyclopedia’s were like reading back in the day.

hedora 2y ago
They’re still being made! https://www.worldbook.com/world-book-encyclopedia-2024.aspx https://www.worldbook.com/world-book-encyclopedia-2024.aspx If $1200 is too steep, they have discounted 2023 and 2022 editions.
- hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
  247 people. Wow, that's a tiny company. I don't see how they could possibly keep entries researched and fresh enough. My grandfather sold World Book and Britannica door-to-door for a time since his military pay was insufficient. Sadly, I guess that job is as in as much demand as a piano tuner.
  - weinzierl 2y ago
    Not saying the demand for piano tuners has gotten down, but contrary to door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen it's not zero - and will not be for the foreseeable future.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    I'm guessing an encyclopedia company leans heavily on a big Rolodex of people who maintain some small number of articles.
    - hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
      I would hope but it's difficult to say. Crowdsourcing from subject-matter experts in a more authoritative manner than Wikipedia allowing people with limited knowledge decide what's "important", remove essential details, and erase niche sources of history.
- eitland 2y ago
  Wow, thanks for sharing. I want one of those :-)
- pelagicAustral 2y ago
  The saddest thing is that as much as I would like to get me a copy, and browse through them on a rainy day while sipping tea... I have nowhere to put them, due to my apartment being filled with books already. I have books under my bed... books in the sock drawer, books in the living room, books inside boxes... I wish I had a bigger place so I could put more books... not long ago people used to have these studio-like places with entire walls filled with books... the economics of today are quite restrictive in those terms...
  - galaxyLogic 2y ago
    I had lots of technical books and I fancied this idea that book is like a computer it gives us information, so having many books is like having many computers. But then I had to move and I realized I really didn't need those books only some of them had information that was hard to find on the internet like Windows shell-programming. So I decided to get rid of most of those books before moving. But it was not easy to get rid of them and nobody wanted to buy them either.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    Books can fill a near-infinite amount of space. I have tons of space where I could stash books if I wanted to. But I've gotten pretty hard-nosed about donating books I'm not realistically going to read or re-read to my local library book sale. It helps that I just buy a lot of newer fiction in particular in digital format because it lets me read it wherever I happen to be.

They’re still being made! https://www.worldbook.com/world-book-encyclopedia-2024.aspx https://www.worldbook.com/world-book-encyclopedia-2024.aspx If $1200 is too steep, they have discounted 2023 and 2022 editions.

hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
247 people. Wow, that's a tiny company. I don't see how they could possibly keep entries researched and fresh enough. My grandfather sold World Book and Britannica door-to-door for a time since his military pay was insufficient. Sadly, I guess that job is as in as much demand as a piano tuner.
- weinzierl 2y ago
  Not saying the demand for piano tuners has gotten down, but contrary to door-to-door encyclopedia salesmen it's not zero - and will not be for the foreseeable future.
- ghaff 2y ago
  I'm guessing an encyclopedia company leans heavily on a big Rolodex of people who maintain some small number of articles.
  - hi-v-rocknroll 2y ago
    I would hope but it's difficult to say. Crowdsourcing from subject-matter experts in a more authoritative manner than Wikipedia allowing people with limited knowledge decide what's "important", remove essential details, and erase niche sources of history.
eitland 2y ago
Wow, thanks for sharing. I want one of those :-)
pelagicAustral 2y ago
The saddest thing is that as much as I would like to get me a copy, and browse through them on a rainy day while sipping tea... I have nowhere to put them, due to my apartment being filled with books already. I have books under my bed... books in the sock drawer, books in the living room, books inside boxes... I wish I had a bigger place so I could put more books... not long ago people used to have these studio-like places with entire walls filled with books... the economics of today are quite restrictive in those terms...
- galaxyLogic 2y ago
  I had lots of technical books and I fancied this idea that book is like a computer it gives us information, so having many books is like having many computers. But then I had to move and I realized I really didn't need those books only some of them had information that was hard to find on the internet like Windows shell-programming. So I decided to get rid of most of those books before moving. But it was not easy to get rid of them and nobody wanted to buy them either.
- ghaff 2y ago
  Books can fill a near-infinite amount of space. I have tons of space where I could stash books if I wanted to. But I've gotten pretty hard-nosed about donating books I'm not realistically going to read or re-read to my local library book sale. It helps that I just buy a lot of newer fiction in particular in digital format because it lets me read it wherever I happen to be.