Will The OED Abandon Print For Digital?

The Oxford English Dictionary is dropping its print edition and going digital for the OED3.

The Telegraph UK reports: “Sales of the third edition of the vast tome have fallen due to the increasing popularity of online alternatives, according to its publisher.”

UPDATE: The Oxford Times is reporting that the OED is not going all digital. From the OT: “The OUP told the Oxford Mail last night that no decision had been taken. OUP spokesman Anna Baldwin said: ‘No decision has yet been made on the format of the third edition.

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