[Foundation-l] Bertelsmann publishes "Wikipedia Encyclopedia in One Volume"

[David Gerard]

2008/4/23 Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com>:

>  Specialised areas which might generate a fair amount of demand are
>  guides to fictional worlds. Obviously, there is a lot of interest
>  associated with these, and there may be a fair amount of competition
>  in terms of reference works. en.Wikipedia has a good number of
>  articles about fictional worlds associated with fantasy (Harry Potter,
>  Lord of the Rings, Foundation, Dune). Contributors tend to be very
>  interested in these areas and their coverage tends to be very good
>  (where coverage hasn't been deleted). If a guide to say... Lord of the
>  Rings, or (dare I mention) Pokemon, were compiled from Wikipedia
>  content and published and sold in book shops, a fair bit of funding
>  could be generated for the Wikimedia Foundation.


Let's see how the Rowling case resolves first!


- d.