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Books LLC
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationMemphis, Tennessee
Publication typesBooks
Official websitebooksllc.net

Books LLC is an American publisher and a book sales club based in Memphis, Tennessee. Its primary work is collecting Wikipedia and Wikia articles and selling them as printed and downloadable books.[1]

Business model

Books LLC publishes print-on-demand paperback and downloadable compilations of English texts and documents from open knowledge sources such as Wikipedia.[2][3][4][5] Books LLC's copies of the English Wikipedia are republished by Google Books. Titles are also published in French and German respectively under the names "Livres Groupe" and "Bücher Gruppe".[6][7][8] Books' publications do not include the images from the original Web documents but, in their place, URLs pointing to the Web images. According to the FAQ page: “We understand how annoying that can be for the reader. But our first priority has to be respecting copyright laws. In addition, the resolution of the online photos are not high enough to print in a book.”[9]

In 2009, Books LLC and its sister imprint General Books LLC produced respectively 224,460 and 11,887 titles.[10][11]

Imprint and book club names

In brackets: kind of material published and sold.

See also

References

  1. ^ Radnedge, Aidan (2011-02-08). "Wikipedia entries copied and sold as books". Metro.co.uk. London: Associated Newspapers Limited. Archived from the original on 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2011-03-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Weingarten, Gene (2010-09-12). "The book on Gene: It's less than you expect". Washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Thiel, Thomas (2010-09-27). "Wikipedia und Amazon: Der Marketplace soll es richten". Faz.net (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2010-12-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Rückert, Hermann (2010-09-20). "Copy and Paste als Geschäftsmodell: Amazon bietet die Plattform für tausende absurde Buchtitel". Telepolis knews (in German). Hannover: Heise online. Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2010-12-07. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Bateman, Jessica (2011-02-08). "Wikipedia articles copied and sold as books by US publisher". Swns.com. Bristol: Small World News Service. Archived from the original on 2011-06-20. Retrieved 2011-02-19. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b Gary, Nicolas (2010-10-14). "Arnaque : refourguer des articles de Wikipedia compilés pour 11 €". actualitté.com (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b Birgé, Jean-Jacques (2010-10-15). "L'arnaque". Mediapart.fr (in French). Mediapart. Archived from the original on 2011-01-13. Retrieved 2011-01-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ a b "Wikipedia-Bücher: Geschäft mit freien Inhalten - Verschiedene Anbieter versuchen, mit Benutzer-generierten Inhalten von Wikipedia auf Amazon das große Geld zu machen". tt.com (in German). Innsbruck: Tiroler Tageszeitung. 2010-09-21. Archived from the original on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b "Books LLC: Book Club FAQs". Booksllc.net. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-11. Retrieved 2010-12-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Strauss, Victoria (2010-05-23). "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics". Sfwa.org. SFWA and Writer Beware. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ "Bowker Reports Traditional U.S. Book Production Flat in 2009". Bowker.com. New Providence, New Jersey: R.R. Bowker. 2010-04-14. Archived from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2010-12-21. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ "General Books LLC: Book Club FAQs". General-books.net. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "General Books Club: Select from a Million Books for Free". Generalbooksclub.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "General Books - Search Amazon for our books". Genbooks.net. 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-06-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Million-books.com: Book Club FAQs". Million-books.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Rare Books Club: FAQS". Rarebooksclub.com. 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-12-13. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Wiki Editions - Select from a Million Books for Free". Wikieditions.com. 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2011-08-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Example CC-BY-SA publication on Amazon.com: RuneScape - Capes: Agility cape, Ancient cloak, Ardougne cloak 1, Ardougne cloak 2, Ardougne cloak 3, Ardougne cloak 4, Attack cape, Ava's ... Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape [Paperback]
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