[SFDXA] The End Of The Line For The Radio Amateur Callbook...

[Bill Marx]

* The end of the line for Radio Amateur Callbook: Radio Amateur Callbook
is throwing in the towel and will cease publication of its CD-ROM Callbook
product effective with its winter 2003 edition, which will come out in
November. "Due to accessibility to the FCC database via the Internet,
sales have declined to levels that make it unprofitable to publish future
editions," publisher Bob Hughes announced in a recent news release. In
1997, citing "rising costs and increasing demand for electronic
publishing" the company phased out its telephone-book-size paper North
American and international editions in favor of its CD-ROM product. The
1997 Callbook--the 75th edition--was the last hard-copy version available.
The Callbook began publishing in 1920.