Wikipedia may become million-page book
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A publisher wants to print all 4.3 million of the articles from Wikipedia.com. There will be 1,000 books, each with 1,200 pages. Over 20 million volunteers wrote Wikipedia's 2.6 billion words. The publisher says the 1.2 million pages will start from number one and end at number 1,193,014. It needs $50,000 and wants people to donate money so it can print the first copy. It already printed book number one - the articles from "A" to "A76 motorway".
People are asking why anyone wants a book of Wikipedia. It will be out of date when it starts printing. The company wants to show just how big Wikipedia is. It said the best way to experience this is by making physical books. The project will break records. It will have the most volumes, written by the largest number of contributors. The publisher may take the books on a world tour. After that, it will give them to a big public library.
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