PediaPress
Encyclopedia
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.
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.
PediaPress and the Wikimedia Foundation
have been partners since December 2007. 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. PediaPress has contracted with Lightning Source
, a subsidiary of Ingram Industries
, to print the books. The Wikimedia Foundation is to receive 10 percent of the gross sales.
Print on demand
Print on demand , sometimes called, in error, publish on demand, is a printing technology and business process in which new copies of a book are not printed until an order has been received...
company located in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
, Germany. The company is a 100-percent subsidiary of Brainbot Technologies AG.
PediaPress provides an online service that enables Web users to create customized books from wiki content
Wiki
A wiki is a website that allows the creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor. Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used collaboratively by multiple users. Examples include...
, an example of web-to-print technology. According to the German edition of PC World
PC World (magazine)
PC World is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG. It offers advice on various aspects of PCs and related items, the Internet, and other personal-technology products and services...
, the price is €8.00 for the first 100 pages, plus €3.00 for each additional 100 pages.
PediaPress and the Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is an American non-profit charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, and organized under the laws of the state of Florida, where it was initially based...
have been partners since December 2007. PediaPress's software has been integrated into Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...
, and can be accessed in the navigation sidebar of every page via a "create a book" button. PediaPress has contracted with Lightning Source
Lightning Source
Lightning Source is a subsidiary of leading U.S. publishing services company Saab Content Group. The company is the leading printer and distributor of print-on-demand books. Originally incorporated in 1997 as Lightning Print Inc., the company is headquartered in La Vergne, Tennessee. Its UK...
, a subsidiary of Ingram Industries
Ingram Industries
Ingram Industries is a company based in Nashville founded by the late Erskine Bronson Ingram and still owned and run by the Ingram family. Ingram Barge Company was founded by his father, Orrin Henry Ingram...
, to print the books. The Wikimedia Foundation is to receive 10 percent of the gross sales.