The Wikimedia Foundation, the NFP behind the wonderfully awesome Wikipedia online encyclopaedia announced today that they were enhancing their mobile experience in a major way. According to an official announcement, a new EPUB export feature has now been enabled on all Wikipedia content on the English version of the site.
The exports can be used to gather relevant content from various Wikipedia articles in order to curate and sort them into eBooks for future perusal. The service is absolutely free and offers an incredible amount of written content that can now be enjoyed offline using mobile devices and eBook readers.
Although mobile internet access is more readily available than ever before, there remains a definite need to be able to access content while not connected to the internet. Content can be shared using the export feature, creating a powerful teaching tool for sharing specific articles and facts in various widely accepted formats.
To create an eBook users must select the ‘Create a book’ option under the ‘Print/export’ heading on the left sidebar of the Wikipedia page. Once selected full articles can be categorized and exported in a variety of formats including the aforementioned EPUB along with PDF and OpenOffice.
If you wish to have an actual tangible printed version of your book, the service is offered by PediaPress, the official on-demand printing partner of Wikipedia. PediaPress is owned and operated by brainbot technologies, the disruptive book industry player behind Wikipedia’s EPUB export feature.
Although available exclusively on the English version of the site, the event move to more languages will allow educational and informative content to be enjoyed offline world over. Kudos to The Wikimedia Foundation for all that they do, and brainbot for helping them do so.
SOURCE: The Wikimedia Foundation
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