German publisher Bertelsmann has discontinued sale of publications multipart universal encyclopedia " Brockhaus ", which under various names since the beginning of the XIX century. Editorial update of the electronic version of the encyclopedia will, however, continue for an indefinite period of time by numerous specialists And scientists, told the dpa news Agency referring to a subsidiary Bertelsmann wissenmedia.

Media group announced the intention to stop the spread of the printed version of the encyclopedia in the past year. And now the promise is fulfilled: an encyclopedia not to buy it in stores or directly from publishers." in the warehouse was nothing left, " said dpa authorized Bertelsmann Sunday, August 17.-

Now " Brockhaus " will only be old or digital. The electronic version of the encyclopedia, with 300 thousand articles, And will in the future be updated for subscribers with access to it, as individuals, And universities,

factories And libraries.

Exemplary reference in 1808 Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus) acquired the rights to the magazine unfinished " Encyclopedic dictionary with great attention to the present time " (Conversationslexikon mit vorz
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