The problem isnt that they are providing ebooks, but
1. they are "By Wikimedia Foundation"
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/wikimedia-foundation
2. they are poor quality, or dont work
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-founation/1029279842
"I hardly ever write negative reviews. WIKI has produced excellent
books on numerous wars and aircraft I am sure this would be of
excellent quality if it would load. The book does not load. The
loading screen comes up then after about 3-4 seconds, it closes and
goes back to the homescreen.
I have a Nook Tablet."
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-foundation/1102082833
"Has no organization. Seems to be a collection of random notes. The
code examples do not render well on nook (dashes are missing, word
wrapping is messed up, line numbers are off). You will not learn C by
reading this book"
"Don't buy this one.
Very hard to navigate! The contents list is impossible."
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Neil Babbage <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> So, correct WMF is not the author and this should be changed. Listing people
> as editors of a book using material from WP or any other project is
> acceptable. The terms of use and licenses simply require the appropriate
> attribution and you'd need to buy the book to confirm if this has or hasn't
> been done. However my view on this is that this reuse was exactly what was
> intended when the decision was made to make the content freely available and
> we aren't in a position to complain now. If this wasn't intended then Jimbo
> could have started WP with a "no commercial use" license. Sure it seems a rip
> off to us but there are always going to be people who buy stuff they could
> get for free - bottled water anyone?
>
> Personally I'd like to see someone set up a pay wall version of WP that has
> strict content control making it available to those groups that won't trust
> or use WP because of its free-for-all nature. Someone will make money but
> more knowledge will be spread which I think outweighs the "evil" of charging
> a fee...
>
>
> Neil / QuiteUnusual@Wikibooks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah <[email protected]>
> Sender: [email protected]
> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 19:27:39
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<[email protected]>
> Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles
> shop on Nook
>
> I also wish the Wikimedia Foundation would do something about these books.
>
> Here is one by me, or by Wikipedia, but NOT by Frederic P. Miller,
> Agnes F. Vandome (Editor), and John McBrewster (Editor).
> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/marshalsea-frederic-p-miller/1028062431?ean=9786130034771&itm=1&usri=marshalsea
>
> The byline apart, it's disturbing that someone might be conned into
> paying $77 for it, when they can download it for free.
>
> Sarah
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 6:24 PM, RYU Cheol <[email protected]> wrote:
>> You can find that at this link.
>> http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wikibooks-wikimedia-foundation/1102082833?ean=2940012379689&itm=1&usri=wikimedia+foundation
>>
>>
>> I think anybody can sell well organized ebook on commercially.
>> But the author is not the Wimedia Foundation exactly. I think the seller eM
>> publication's business is illegitimate. It is a trademark infringement if
>> the foundation did not permit the use.
>>
>> Cheol
>>
>> 2012/3/5 RYU Cheol <[email protected]>
>>
>>> Hi, all!
>>>
>>> I searched "Wikimedia Foundation" by chance and a lot of Wikibooks,
>>> possibly collections of Wikipedia articles. The author of the books is
>>> "Wikimedia Foundation." I don't think Wikimedia Foundation is selling the
>>> e-books for 2~3 dollars, and I think it is a fraud. Many buyer commented
>>> that they want their money back.
>>>
>>> I think the Foundation needs to find out the case and alert the bookshop.
>>>
>>> Cheol
>>>
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