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German software development and print-on-demand company
PediaPress
Founded
2007
; 19 years ago
2007
Headquarters
Mainz
Germany
Website
pediapress
.com
PediaPress GmbH
is a software development and
print-on-demand
company located in
Mainz
, Germany. The company is a spin-off of Brainbot Technologies AG.
It allows users to create customized books from
wiki content
using an automated
PDF
file builder and print-on-demand (PoD) technology.
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.
PediaPress and the
Wikimedia Foundation
became partners in December 2007, and a proportion of the sales income of each book is donated to the foundation.
Origins
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PediaPress was established in July 2007
to provide an online service that enabled Web users to create customized books from
wiki content
using direct
web-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.
PediaPress and the
Wikimedia Foundation
became partners in December 2007.
PediaPress's software was initially integrated into
Wikipedia
, and made accessible in the navigation sidebar of every page via a "create a book" button.
PediaPress had contracted with
Lightning Source
, a subsidiary of
Ingram 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.
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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.
References
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"Wikipedia Goes POD With Book Creation Tool From PediaPress | The Independent Publishing Magazine"
The Independent Publishing Magazine
. 6 May 2010
. Retrieved
13 April
2019
PediaPress was founded in July 2007 as a spin-off from brainbot technologies AG and is located in Mainz, Germany.
"PediaPress – Frequently Asked Questions"
"PediaPress – About PediaPress"
pediapress.com
. Retrieved
10 January
2025
Hans-Christian Dirscherl (10 February 2009).
"Print-on-Demand: Eigenes Buch aus Wikipedia-Artikeln machen"
PC Welt
. Archived from
the original
on 28 July 2010
. Retrieved
4 March
2009
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.
"Das Lexikon zum Selberbasteln"
Berner Zeitung
. 11 February 2009. Archived from
the original
on 19 February 2012
. Retrieved
4 March
2009
"Wikipedia offers print-on-demand"
. Archived from
the original
on 7 August 2011
. Retrieved
1 March
2009
"Wikis Go Printable"
. Archived from
the original
on 6 September 2009
. Retrieved
1 March
2009
"[Wikitech-l] Deprecating print-on-demand functionality"
. 10 July 2014.
"Frequently asked questions"
, It's localised on
translatewiki.net
. PediaPress, accessed 13 November 2010.
Gallagher, Victoria (24 February 2009).
"Print your own Wikipedia launched"
TheBookseller.com
. Archived from
the original
on 2 May 2009
. Retrieved
13 November
2010
"PediaPress – Home"
pediapress.com
External links
edit
PediaPress website
PediaPress code repository
Archived
3 March 2011 at the
Wayback Machine
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