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Wikipedia and Wikia are free. Why should I buy a book with Wiki content?

Our Wiki books are bought mainly by libraries and people who prefer to read a paperback than a computer screen. The typical 100 page book has more than 200 articles. You might have a hard time locating those articles without the book. "Furthermore, we don't charge anything for writing the articles. So when you buy a Wiki book you are getting the content for free." We only charge for the time spent compiling, editing, indexing, typesetting, designing, printing, binding and shipping the book. Our website and the book descriptions we ask booksellers to display prominently credit Wikipedia or Wikia as the source in both the author and description fields, include an excerpt of one of the articles, and the titles of the other articles (space permitting) that readers can use to read the content online without buying the book. The book itself credits Wikipedia or Wikia as the source at the end of every chapter.

riiiiight.