Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

[davem]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/b...ted-again.html


Can't help wonder what Tolkien would make of this, given his time working on the OED.

Simon Winchester, author of ‘The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary’, said the switch towards online formats was “prescient”.

He said: “Until six months ago I was clinging to the idea that printed books would likely last for ever. Since the arrival of the iPad I am now wholly convinced otherwise.

“The printed book is about to vanish at extraordinary speed. ...

“Books are about to vanish; reading is about to expand as a pastime; these are inescapable realities.”

"and you will read text off your ipad, and keep alive the memory of the age that is gone,".....