http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
- d.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Right, and what's the shipping cost run on that? :)
On 17 June 2015 at 20:07, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma... 7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Right, and what's the shipping cost run on that? :)
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- d.
On 17 June 2015 at 15:29, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2015 at 20:07, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Right, and what's the shipping cost run on that? :)
YOU DARE PUT A PRICE ON *ART*
I am surprised at how many people outside of my "Wikipedia" life have brought this to my attention today.
I agree the "Buy Now" option is probably not the best bet here, but there is a tiny part of me that wouldn't mind getting a volume that includes an article I've done a lot of work on or one that includes some form of my username. I can imagine the subjects of some of our biographical articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell...
Risker/Anne
On 17 June 2015 at 20:39, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
I am surprised at how many people outside of my "Wikipedia" life have brought this to my attention today. I agree the "Buy Now" option is probably not the best bet here, but there is a tiny part of me that wouldn't mind getting a volume that includes an article I've done a lot of work on or one that includes some form of my username. I can imagine the subjects of some of our biographical articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell...
I find myself feeling much more positive towards this project than the likes of Books LLC.
- d.
I toyed with this idea some years ago when I was working for a short-run large-document printing company. We regularly produced 160,000 page documents (20 copies). With a suitable font Wikipedia's then 1 million articles would have been a cinch.
On 17 June 2015 at 20:42, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2015 at 20:39, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
I am surprised at how many people outside of my "Wikipedia" life have brought this to my attention today. I agree the "Buy Now" option is probably not the best bet here, but there is a tiny part of me that wouldn't mind getting a volume that includes an article I've done a lot of work on or one that includes some form of my username. I can imagine the subjects of some of our biographical articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell...
I find myself feeling much more positive towards this project than the likes of Books LLC.
- d.
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The headline is fun, and I like efforts to print large knowledgesets. More art like this! And I'm a fan of Mandiberg's work with the Art & Feminism editathons in NYC.
But this is an artistic statement at the collection level, not a serious effort to print individual volumes. When the first page of text of the first volume contains an obvious stripping error, and the second page a broken table, it is clear that even the artist gave up on getting basic formatting right. http://www.lulu.com/shop/print-wikipedia/volume-0001-one-anglia/hardcover/pr...
Some years back, Håkon Lie developed a nice toolchain for cleaning up and laying out pages in a beautiful way. And he catalogued some of the problems wiki-layout poses for print, along with possible solutions. I would love to see a full volume in this style: http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2008/wikipedia/sample.pdf http://www.princexml.com/howcome/2009/wikipedia/printing/
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2015 at 15:29, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 17 June 2015 at 20:07, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.com
wrote:
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:00 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com
wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Right, and what's the shipping cost run on that? :)
YOU DARE PUT A PRICE ON *ART*
I am surprised at how many people outside of my "Wikipedia" life have brought this to my attention today.
I agree the "Buy Now" option is probably not the best bet here, but there is a tiny part of me that wouldn't mind getting a volume that includes an article I've done a lot of work on or one that includes some form of my username. I can imagine the subjects of some of our biographical articles thinking the same way. Who knows, this might actually sell...
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Why not? Artists do. -P
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Right, and what's the shipping cost run on that? :)
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On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Why?
Because he can?
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On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
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7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-ma...
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Why?
According to the article, he's printing enough volumes to fill a bookcase, which is visually representative of the entire printing.
He should add some mirrors. P
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On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 4:22 PM, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
On 17 Jun 2015, at 20:00, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer -to-many-many-bookshelves.html?_r=1
7,600 volumes, to be available on Lulu. He's printing 106 of them for the exhibition.
Why?
According to the article, he's printing enough volumes to fill a bookcase, which is visually representative of the entire printing.
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