Britannica's Digital Milestones | Britannica Blog

If you think of us as a print encyclopedia, please think again. We?ve been digital for a long time. Here?s how long.

1768
The Encyclopaedia Britannica publishing venture is founded and the first sections of the first edition of the encyclopedia are published. Publication of the three-volume first edition will be completed in 1771.

Mid-1970s
The text and illustrations of the 15th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica are uploaded to a computerized publishing system in order to make annual revisions of the content easier. Soon other EB products, such as yearbooks, are also edited and revised digitally. At the same time, the company begins to explore actual electronic publishing, though computers capable of accessing?digital publications?are years from being available to consumers.

1981
The company publishes what?is probably?the first digital encyclopedia in history, a text-only version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica for LexisNexis subscribers.

1989
Britannica introduces Compton?s MultiMedia Encyclopedia on CD-ROM. It is the first encyclopedia to include moving images. Compression methods don?t yet allow the entire Britannica to fit on a single disc, but the smaller Compton?s Encyclopedia, created for students in the middle grades, works superbly and is welcomed by educators and students.

1994
Britannica Online, the first encyclopedia on the Internet, debuts at www.eb.com. The site contains the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica. Initially only available to educational institutions, it becomes available to consumers the following year. The first version of the entire Britannica on CD-ROM is also published.

1999
Britannica.com?a site specially created for consumers?is launched. Britannica now has different Web sites specifically for consumers and institutions.

2000
The first mobile version of the Britannica is introduced, on the Palm VII. The company will continue to develop new products for mobile phones and handheld devices as new ones enter the market. As the market matures and demand rises, Britannica will create a host of multimedia ?apps? for Apple iOS devices, the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch.

2001?2007
Britannica accelerates the creation of new and specialized reference and learning Web sites for different groups and markets. K-12 schools, universities, public libraries, and consumers each has a Britannica site tailored to its specific needs and mission. In addition, EB introduces a range of education and research databases online, including primary-source documents, national statistics, words and dictionaries, the classics, and others.

2006
Britannica reaches a tipping point, where more than half the company?s revenues now come from digital products and less than half from print products. The ratio of digital-to-print business will continue to increase.

2007?11
Britannica expands its digital product line beyond reference into curriculum products such as Discover English with Ben and Bella, Britannica SmartMath, and Pathways: Science.

2010
Britannica launches Britannica Kids, a series of multimedia apps for Apple iOS devices.

2011
The entire Encyclopaedia Britannica becomes accessible from Apple mobile devices with the introduction of a new app for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.

2012
Britannica announces that the print edition of the encyclopedia, published continuously since 1768, will be discontinued and the company will continue to move forward with new digital education products.

Source: http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2012/03/britannica-digital-milestones/

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