The Oxford English Dictionary is not in line or will stop printing

A third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary may not be printed in the future, given the demand for online editions far exceeds the print version, according to senior management at Oxford University Press, Xinhua.

Nigel Potter, chief executive of Oxford University Press, told the British Sunday Http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/10299.html "> Times" reporter, influenced by the internet, "Oxford English Dictionary" The future may only appear in electronic form. The market for printed dictionaries is disappearing, shrinking by 10% a year. ”

With the popularity of electronic books and other tools such as the Apple tablet ipad, the print edition dictionary may have about 30 years ' shelf life, ' Mr. Porter predicts.

The Oxford English Dictionary, now popular on the Internet, is the second edition, uploading the Web in 2000, with 2 million clicks per month. Subscribers pay a subscription fee of £ 240 (USD 373) per year.

According to AP, the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, in addition to user-friendly access, while more convenient to update a large number of new vocabulary. Editors are updated approximately every 3 months. This March, for example, they added new words like superbug (superbugs) to the online version.

The issue of the shutdown, which was mentioned by Mr. Porter, was mainly for the full edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. He said publishers will continue to publish a more popular Oxford English Dictionary, a common single volume version of bookstores.

Oxford University Press began preparation of the Oxford English Dictionary in 1879, the first edition began in 1884 in batches, and eventually completed in 1928.

Before the advent of the Oxford English Dictionary, the first recognizable version of the English Dictionary was published in 1775 and compiled by Samuel.