The German Wikipedia: Rip-Off Incorporated »
Posted By nowsourcing 6 months, 2 weeks ago in NewsIt seems that plans are in the works for a slimmed down, condensed version of the German Wikipedia to be made into a printed encyclopedia book and it will be sold in bookstores for 20 Euros ($32). As many people have said, it's "reverse publishing". I say it's a bit of a scam on the part of the German publisher Bertelsmann.
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onreactcom6 months, 2 weeks ago
Yeah, that sucks really. In Germany nobody noticed though, they're all cheerleading.
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grungeplunge6 months, 2 weeks ago
The German Wikipedia's always been available on CD-ROM for a fee, updated yearly. It's only now that a major player like Bertelsmann is catching on - if nothing else, an act of utter desperation seeing that their Meyer's print encyclopedia sales are tanking dreadfully. (In spite of all the PR hype they're flaunting, claiming that sales have actually spiked after they said they'd drop publication altogether, which I happen to know for certain is one big load of bull.)
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