Your own book from wikipedia content

An interesting idea which allows you to create your own books from wikipedia pages and have them printed up in a proper, old-school book format – none of this iPhone/iPad appery-pokery.

I picked up this post via Lost Remote, who have indeed collated (or curated as they put it) their own book on the media from wikipedia pages.

Quite simple really – there’s a tool called book creator in wikipedia (I’d missed this) which can then be sent to Pediapress

Some interesting posibilities here for quick heads up books based around topics, and at $9 per 100 pages it is a pretty good deal (although obviously there is then postage). You can download, share and encourage others to buy it.

Is it any good? Well, that depends on your take on the usefulness of wikipedia vs traditional forms of encyclopedia. But an interesting way of gathering together content for a course primer.

Slightly different take on the custom primer currently doing the rounds, but an interesting idea.