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 as of october 2014 its website has a catalog page listing a selection of featured books from our catalog edited by wikipedians and other users . 2 over 4 000 books are listed as pages in category wikipedia books community books . pediapress was established to provide an online service that enabled 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 was 8.00 for the first 100 pages plus 3.00 for each additional 100 pages . 3 4 pediapress and the wikimedia foundation were partners from december 2007 . 5 6 7 pediapress s software was integrated into wikipedia and made accessible in the navigation sidebar of every page via a create a book button . 8 pediapress had contracted with lightning source a subsidiary of ingram industries to print the books . 9 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 . 3 10 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 the over 4 million articles on wikipedia in english alone . users arranged the order of their articles chose a cover photo color and gave 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 can add own content such as forewords . 10 users could create the book without leaving wikipedia . a create a book button was added in the print export section of wikipedia s left navigation sidebar that brought them to the book creator . when browsing the site users could add articles to the book by clicking the add the page button . the pediapress.com web to print service worked on all mediawikis that had installed the collection extension . to check whether a wiki supports pediapress users could look for a box entitled create a book in the navigation sidebar . some sites offering the service included the german wikipedia wikibooks the openoffice.org wiki and extending it to all language editions of wikipedia was proposed . 11 pediapress was not a publisher but instead provided users with tools to order and share free or own content . since pediapress was not a publisher pediapress did not review the content of any printed books or other works offered through pediapress tools . pediapress expected all content to be consistent with their terms and conditions and they reserved the right to remove content they deemed to be illegal or inappropriate . 11 references edit wikis brainbot technologies ag accessed 13 november 2010 . catalog of wikipedia books a b 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 . hans christian dirscherl 10 february 2009 . print on demand eigenes buch aus wikipedia artikeln machen . pc welt . retrieved 2009 03 04 . das lexikon zum selberbasteln . berner zeitung . 11 february 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 04 . wikipedia offers print on demand . retrieved 2009 03 01 . wikis go printable . retrieved 2009 03 01 . 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 . print your own wikipedia 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