In 1768, a Scottish engraver named Andrew Bell and a printer named Colin Macfarquhar set ink to paper to create three cross-referenced volumes known as Encyclopaedia Britannica. On Tuesday, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc. said it would stop printing its namesake books, a sign of how readers in recent years have abandoned printed reference volumes for websites such as Wikipedia and Google. The Chicago publisher said it would instead focus on selling its reference works to subscribers through its website and apps for tablets or smartphones. “This is not a sad day at Britannica,” said Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica. – read more at WSJ