Användardiskussion:Herr X/PDF-bok2
DET ÄR OKEJ FÖR ALLA ATT FORTSÄTTA ÖVERSÄTTA
Frågor kring tryckta böcker
[redigera wikitext]Hur beställer jag en bok
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| 1) Klicka på "Beställ bok" | 2) Boken laddas av PediaPress | 3) Välj land, få pris |
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| 4) Se förhandsgranskning | 5) Lägg till i varukorgen | 6) Skriv in shipping och betalinformation |
Tryckta böcker kan beställas av PediaPress.
Klicka på "Beställ bok från PediaPress" på Special:Book-sidan. I och med detta laddas din bok upp på PediaPress webbplats. Efter att ha valt destinationsland visas uppskattat antal sidor av boken och pris nedanför. Titel, undertitel och editor kan göras eller ändras. Det finns en förhandsgranskning som visar hur dina valda artiklar (Bara de första N sidorna) kommer se ut i den tryckta boken. Notera att typsnitten i tryckta böcker diffar från de nedladdningsbara PDFerna. En bok kan beställas genom att lägga till den i kundvagnen och göra färdigt beställningen.
Noter
[redigera wikitext]- tillgängliga betalningsmetoder är: MasterCard, Visa och PayPal
- böckerna trycks inom 2-3 arbetsdagar
- shipping' tar ytterligare 2-10 dagar (gäller detta för sverige också?)
Hur tillverkas böckerna)
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PediaPress använder TeX typesetting system för att skapa digitala prepress repro. Böcker trycks "on demand" antingen i Storbritannien eller i USA. Böcker som görs på detta sätt ser ut som "vanliga" konvektionella paperback böcker.
Bok specifikation:
- Innehåll
- Table of contents
- The selected articles
- Licensing information
- Index
- Paper size: A5 (approx. 5.8 in × 8.3 in)
- Images are printed greyscaled using the highest available resolution
- Books can contain 50-800 pages
There is an example book (PDF) which shows how printed books are typeset.
How much do printed books cost?
[redigera wikitext]| number of pages | price |
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| 100 | 8€ |
| 200 | 11€ |
| 300 | 14€ |
| 400 | 17€ |
| 500 | 20€ |
| 600 | 23€ |
| 700 | 26€ |
- !!! Note these information vary for each country and may change from time to time or even fluctuate daily with currencies. !!!
Pricing for printed books depends on the number of included pages (compare table). Shipping costs depend on the shipping destination. The Wikimedia Foundation receives 10% of the gross total for each book sold.
- Hint: Larger books are cheaper if judged by cost per page.
To get a detailed quote simply upload your book to PediaPress and select your country and currency.
Which shipping options are available?
[redigera wikitext]Books are shipped using a standard shipping option to most countries in the world. Delivery time varies 2-10 work days depending on the destination.
What is PediaPress?
[redigera wikitext]pediapress.com is an online service which offers customized printed books from wiki content. The web-to-print service works on all MediaWikis which have deployed the open sourced Collection Extension. The company actively supports the MediaWiki community and established a long-term partnership with the Wikimedia Foundation[1]. The company was founded in 2007 and is located in Mainz, Germany. For more information see http://pediapress.com/about/.
Questions regarding the PDF-Export
[redigera wikitext]Why are articles displayed differently than in the browser?
[redigera wikitext]Books have no scroll bars, a browser does. Content needs to be split up on several pages. To get an acceptable typesetting result some page elements need to be displayed differently. This may result in some unexpected layouts especially for tables and parts of wiki articles that use HTML instead of wiki-markup.
Can the appearance be improved ?
[redigera wikitext]Yes at Help for Experts some possibilities are mentioned.
Questions regarding the OpenDocument Text Export
[redigera wikitext]What is OpenDocument Text?
[redigera wikitext]The OpenDocument format (ODF) is an XML based file format originally created and implemented by the OpenOffice.org office suite. It is a free and open OASIS standard aimed to replace the proprietary Microsoft Word file format.
Storing books in this format is useful if one wants to modify the books. This options allows to generate arbitrarily styled books with additional content. Teachers may find this useful.
Which software is required to open this file?
[redigera wikitext]OpenOffice.org, Koffice or others. There also is an ODF-AddIn for Microsoft Word.
General questions regarding the book tool
[redigera wikitext]Where do I find stored books ?
[redigera wikitext]All stored books are members of Category:Wikipedia:Books. Since this category is growing rapidly, there will soon be a bookshelf which allows to explore the list of compiled and shared books.
How do the exports comply with license requirements?
[redigera wikitext]PDF export
[redigera wikitext]- link to each article and its version
- all contributors are mentioned
- images are linked to their image page on the wiki
- Warning: Authors and licenses of images are not part of the PDF. So these PDFs can not be distributet without further manipulation if they contain images.
- inclusion of the GFDL (English)
In printed books
[redigera wikitext]- URL of each article and its version
- all contributors are mentioned
- URL of each image
- all contributors of an image are mentioned
- license name of the image is mentioned
- inclusion of the GFDL (English)
Can I use the book tool with my MediaWiki ?
[redigera wikitext]Yes, the book tool is based on the open source project mwlib. The MediaWiki component Collection extension works out of the box with most Mediawikis and the PediaPress service.
Which know limitations exist?
[redigera wikitext]Limited Skin-Support
[redigera wikitext]The tool currently only works with Monobook- and Modern-Skin. There is a simple workaround: Switch to Monobook when creating books.
Limitation of the book size
[redigera wikitext]Currently books can not contain more than 500 articles. Please keep in mind that generation of large PDFs can take a long time and results in a high load of the servers. Dividing article collections into multiple books might be a solution. Printed books currently support no more than 800 pages (not articles!).
- Rule of thumb: On average a printed articles occupies 4 pages in a printed book. Of course this varies with the type and length of the articles.
Infoboxes and large tables
[redigera wikitext]Infoboxes are not floated in the PDF or in printed books. Therefore they do not look as nicely as they do when displayed in the browser. Sheets of paper and pages in PDFs have a fixed size. This leads to some necessary typesetting compromises which partitially result in a suboptimal and unexpected view.
CSS & HTML
[redigera wikitext]CSS and HTML used in the wiki markup are only partially evaluated when generating PDFs. Templates can be adjusted for print to avoid some of the problems.
Where to report bugs and give general feedback?
[redigera wikitext]Bugs, feature requests and questions are best reported at the [[Books:/Help/Feedback]]-page..