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This article was originally published in the britannica book of the year, an annual print publication that provides an overview of the year s mostnotable people and events. In an acknowledgment of the realities of the digital. After 244 years, encyclopaedia britannica stops the presses. Encyclopedia britannica book of the year 19901999, you pick.