Reply to post: Re: There was always a near monopoly on encyclopedic knowledge

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Michael Wojcik Silver badge

Re: There was always a near monopoly on encyclopedic knowledge

True there were cheaper versions but they didn't have the authority or the kudos. Britannica ruled the waves.

Rubbish. For actual research, people who had any idea what they were doing went to the research section of a library, preferably a research library. There was no "near monopoly on encyclopedic knowledge" except for the lazy.

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