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 Post subject: Wikipedia eBooks
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:20 pm  (#1) 
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This link to Wikipedia allows you to collect data from different pages and make an eBook.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... =Main+Page
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Wikipedia => Toolbox => Special pages => Page tools => Book

1. On each page use, "Add this page to your book".
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2. When your done hit, "Show book".
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3. Title your book, choose from PDF, OpenDocument, OpenZIM, EPUB.
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4. I chose EPUB and got a nice TOC as well.
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TIP: If your using calibre as your eBook manager check out the Wiki Reader plugin which will compile eBooks from Wiki articles.

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 Post subject: Re: Wikipedia eBooks
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:34 pm  (#2) 
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these are great times we are living in !


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 Post subject: Re: Wikipedia eBooks
PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:44 pm  (#3) 
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Very cool. Does the wiki have a book store where everyone's books are listed for everyone to check out?


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 Post subject: Re: Wikipedia eBooks
PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 5:23 pm  (#4) 
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2-ton wrote:
Very cool. Does the wiki have a book store where everyone's books are listed for everyone to check out?

Have a look at, "Where can I find stored books?"

There's lot's of handy hidden tools at Wikipedia.

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 Post subject: Re: Wikipedia eBooks
PostPosted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:22 pm  (#5) 
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Awesome! Too bad the first book I looked up has been deleted already...it was called 13th Floor Elevators, lol.


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