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| Founded | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) |
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| Headquarters | Mainz ,Germany |
| Website | pediapress |
PediaPress GmbH is a software development andprint-on-demand company located inMainz, Germany. The company is a spin-off of Brainbot Technologies AG.[1]
It allows users to create customized books fromwiki content using an automatedPDF file builder and print-on-demand (PoD) technology. Users can add their own cover details and limited content, such as a foreword.
PediaPress maintains that it is not a publisher and does not review the content of any printed books or other works offered through its tools but may remove content it deems to be illegal or inappropriate.[2]
PediaPress and theWikimedia Foundation became partners in December 2007, and a proportion of the sales income of each book is donated to the Foundation.
PediaPress was established in July 2007[3] to provide an online service that enabled Web users to create customized books fromwiki content using directweb-to-print technology.
Users were able to use the Wikipedia Book Creator tool to arrange the order of the articles and specify the cover details. The price of each unique book depended on the number of pages. Books were ready for shipment within a few working days.[4][5]
PediaPress and theWikimedia Foundation became partners in December 2007.[6][7][8] PediaPress's software was initially integrated intoWikipedia, and made accessible in the navigation sidebar of every page via a "create a book" button.[9] PediaPress had contracted withLightning Source, a subsidiary ofIngram Industries, to print the books.[10] PediaPress established a long-term partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation. A portion of the proceeds of each book was donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.[4][11]
Initially, the ability to create books from the English version of Wikipedia was exclusive to signed in users, because of scalability issues. But later, anyone could create books from any of the millions of articles on Wikipedia in English alone.
PediaPress was founded in July 2007 as a spin-off from brainbot technologies AG and is located in Mainz, Germany.
Users were then able to arrange the order of the articles, choose a cover photo/color and give the book its title and an editor's name. The price of the unique books depended on the number of pages and started at $8.90. Books were ready for shipment within two working days. PediaPress offered paperbacks and hard-covers with color images. Users could add own content, such as forewords.