Yellow Pages to stop printing directory after 51-years

[al**bear]

The local business directory that helped JR Hartley find his book on fly fishing is set to go out of print.

The Yellow Pages will no longer be published on paper from next year onwards, more than five decades after it launched in the UK.

Its owner, Yell, has announced that the first of its 104 final editions will be distributed in Kingston next January.

A year later, a final directory will be sent out in Brighton, where it was first published in 1966.

Yell, the UK operation owned by Hibu, is going fully digital and says that it hopes to "help a million businesses be found, chosen and trusted by more customers online by 2020".

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41125865

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BTW

I have a copy of 'Fly Fishing' by JR Hartley

It was released for charity, after the advert became so successful

[cee-dee]

In recent years, when the YP arrives here it goes straight in the bin!

I had a YP entry for many years but one year, instead of designing my ad myself, I followed their rep's ideas and it was a complete flop!!! I got hardly any calls from it that year.

[al**bear]

[mustard-tree]

I have a copy of that book too Al.

I think it specially written because so many people were asking for it.

[bankhaunter]

We were once phoned by Yellow Pages who wanted to move us to another category since we were the only entry under a particular one.

I staved off every one of the arguments until finally they gave up and we stayed where we were.

[**bustysinclaire**]

Such a shame its not going to printed anymore, not everyone wants to go digital.
Its a bit like the village post-office, get rid of that and make the older ones suffer.
My father strongly objected to some pls es refusing to take cheques too.

Digital age, baa humbug!!!!

[al**bear]

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@mustard-tree wrote:

I have a copy of that book too Al.

I think it specially written because so many people were asking for it.

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I was sure it was released for Charity, but they made no mention of that being the case, on TV yesterday

[al**bear]

Never even realised that the Thomson Local Directory, had stopped printing last year 

I think it's a few years since I got one of them anyway

[margaret*e]

I got one a few days ago, but I haven't even looked at it.

I use my mobile more now, and everyone I need to phone is in my contacts.