On 13/11/2010 22:14, phoebe ayers wrote: > > The crux of the question seems to me to rather be who and how we > directly partner with, and what services do we offer to readers (and > contributors) by such partners through the site itself. In the case of > PediaPress, it's fairly low-key; what you see in the sidebar is > actually a link to the "book creator" tool, which is extension code to > make a collection of pages that can then be generated as a pdf. It is > only after you click through and do this that you are offered a link > to "Get a printed book from our print-on-demand partner" and a link to > PediaPress appears. People are quite free to create a pdf collection > and never send it to PediaPress, which wouldn't generate a dime for > them, and my instinct is that this accounts for the majority of the > tool's use. >
Knowing which articles people are keen on collating is valuable economic data, regardless of whether the actually print a book. With that knowledge you have a greater incite into whether a collection is going to sell, and whether to invest some resources in improving the articles. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
