PediaPress

PediaPress
Headquarters Mainz, Germany
Website http://pediapress.com/

PediaPress GmbH is a software development and print on demand company located in Mainz, Germany. The company is a 100-percent subsidiary of Brainbot Technologies AG.[1]

PediaPress provides an online service that enables Web users to create customized books from wiki content, an example of web-to-print technology. According to the German edition of PC World, the price is €8.00 for the first 100 pages, plus €3.00 for each additional 100 pages.[2][3]

PediaPress and the Wikimedia Foundation have been partners since December 2007.[4][5] PediaPress's software has been integrated into Wikipedia, and can be accessed in the navigation sidebar of every page via a "create a book" button.[6] PediaPress has contracted with Lightning Source, a subsidiary of Ingram Industries, to print the books.[7] The Wikimedia Foundation is to receive 10 percent of the gross sales.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Wikis", Brainbot Techologies AG, accessed 13 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b Hans-Christian Dirscherl (10 February 2009). "Print-on-Demand: Eigenes Buch aus Wikipedia-Artikeln machen". PC Welt. http://www.pcwelt.de/start/software_os/wissen_lernen/news/192574/eigenes_buch_aus_wikipedia_artikeln_machen/. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  3. ^ "Das Lexikon zum Selberbasteln". Berner Zeitung. 11 February 2009. http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/digital/internet/Das-Lexikon-zum-Selberbasteln/story/25936588. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  4. ^ "Wikipedia offers print-on-demand". http://www.h-online.com/open/Wikipedia-offers-print-on-demand--/news/112572. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  5. ^ "Wikis Go Printable". http://www.sys-con.com/node/475133. Retrieved 2009-03-01. 
  6. ^ "Frequently asked questions", PediaPress, accessed 13 November 2010.
  7. ^ Gallagher, Victoria. "Print your own Wikipedia launched", The Bookseller.com, 24 February 2004, accessed 13 November 2010.

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