Annual updates of the French encyclopedia Quid paper fell victim to Wikipedia. According to The Independent, publisher of the encyclopedia, it was decided not to publish the update in 2008.
Last year it was sold only 100,000 copies of the new volume Quid, and this figure is insignificant compared with 400 thousand sold each year in the 90th years of last century.
Published by Robert Quid Leffont stated that the concept of the printed encyclopedia is losing its popularity and is no longer able to compete with freely available information published in the network. Most of the publication, produced by 45 years, suffering from a French version of the online resource Wikipedia, the generated and updated by the users.
The creator of the once popular French edition of Dominique Frema Leffontom not agree with, and is going to find yourself another publisher to publish the next volume in 2009. He told the crowd of fans Quid showered him with letters, and paper, not electronic, expressing his displeasure and concern that this year they are denied the pleasure of a loved one is to buy a new edition. In addition, Frema skeptical about the information published on Wikipedia, because it updates engaged unknown amateurs, but are not experts, while working on his brainchild 12,000 professionals. ...
Error creators of Wikipedia can argue as much as necessary, but the fact remains that the French publishers are seriously concerned about the alarming trend of decline in popularity of traditional media and the growing interest in online encyclopedias. Denise Fassa from Encyclopedia Universalis noted that the difference between print and network Reference about the same as that between a picnic and restaurant. Indeed, last year, after the discomfiture of the lead author of the resource, the pair found themselves graduated college, the administration has decided to share a ban on anonymous. Now, authors, pretending to be experts are required to provide proof of their qualifications.
In the meantime, publishers are nervous and complain about fell on hard times, the guys from Wikipedia continues to improve his life: for example, earlier this year launched a test of video options on the pages of the online encyclopedia.
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