An interesting content experiment
German publisher Bertelsmann is publishing "The One-Volume Wikipedia Encyclopedia" in print. The book will go on sale in September for 19.95 euros. The initial print run is anticipated to be about 20,000 copies and Bertelsmann agreed to pay one euro per copy sold for use of the Wikipedia name.
“We think of it as an encyclopedic yearbook,” Dr. Beate Varnhorn [editor in charge of Bertelsmann’s reference works] said, leaving open the possibility of new editions if the 2008 version is successful.
It will be interesting to see what happens this fall.
Inhalt Wiederverwendung auf Deutsch...viel Glück.
Read the full story here.
Websites giving birth to ink on paper products?! So much for "The Demise of Print"...
This isn't the first time this has happened.
I remember when Word.com spawned Gig.
http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-legislative/6485105-1.html
I'm sure there must be others. Thoughts? Ideas?
Posted by: optimist | May 12, 2008 at 08:43 AM