[1] It allows users to create customized books from wiki content using an automated PDF file builder and print-on-demand (PoD) technology.

PediaPress was established in July 2007[3] to provide an online service that enabled Web users to create customized books from wiki content using direct web-to-print technology.

Users were able to use the Wikipedia Book Creator tool to arrange the order of the articles and specify the cover details.

[6][7][8] PediaPress's software was initially integrated into Wikipedia, and made accessible in the navigation sidebar of every page via a "create a book" button.

[4][11] Initially, the ability to create books from the English version of Wikipedia was exclusive to signed in users, because of scalability issues.