The Oxford English Dictionary, currently a 20 volume, 750-pound
monstrosity, has been the authoritive word on the words of the English
language for 126 years. The OED3, the first new edition since 1989, may
also be the first to forgo print entirely, reports the AP.
The Internet is on a physical-media-killing rampage. First BlockBuster, now the venerable OED?
Nigel Portwood, chief executive of the Oxford University Press (isn't that the perfect name for him?), says online revenue has been so high that it is highly unlikely that the third edition of the OED will be physically printed. The full 20-volume set costs $995 at Amazon, and of course it requires supplementals regularly to account for valuable words like "bootylicious."
To read the full, original article click on this link: Latest Victim of the Internet: The Oxford English Dictionary | Fast Company
Author: Dan Nosowitz
