{{short description|American publisher and book sales club}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox publisher | image = Book_Publishers_LLC.png | parent = | status = Active | founded = | founder = | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = Florida | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = | imprints = | revenue = | numemployees = | nasdaq = | url = {{URL|https://bookpublishersllc.com/}} |name=Book Publishers LLC}}
'''Book Publishers LLC''' formerly Books LLC is an American publisher and a book sales club based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Its primary work is collecting Wikipedia and Fandom articles and selling them as printed and downloadable books. In 2023, Book Publishers LLC transitioned to a hybrid publishing model, offering services tailored to the self-publishing market.<ref name="metro">{{Cite web |last=Radnedge |first=Aidan |date=February 8, 2011 |title=Wikipedia entries copied and sold as books |url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854969-wikipedia-entries-copied-and-sold-as-books |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110316014428/http://www.metro.co.uk/news/854969-wikipedia-entries-copied-and-sold-as-books |archive-date=March 16, 2011 |access-date=March 10, 2011 |work=Metro.co.uk |publisher=Associated Newspapers Limited |location=London}}</ref>
==Print-on-demand and electronic products== Book Publishers LLC publishes print-on-demand paperback and downloadable compilations of English texts and documents from open knowledge sources such as Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weingarten |first=Gene |author-link=Gene Weingarten |date=September 12, 2010 |title=The book on Gene: It's less than you expect |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090304964.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111135147/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/03/AR2010090304964.html |archive-date=November 11, 2010 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref><ref name=FAZ>{{Cite web |last=Thiel |first=Thomas |date=September 27, 2010 |title=Wikipedia und Amazon: Der Marketplace soll es richten |url=https://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E7A20980B9C0D46E99A9F60BC09506343~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110123112821/http://www.faz.net/s/RubCF3AEB154CE64960822FA5429A182360/Doc~E7A20980B9C0D46E99A9F60BC09506343~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent~Afor~Eprint.html |archive-date=January 23, 2011 |access-date=December 6, 2010 |work=Faz.net |publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |language=de}}</ref><ref name=heise.de>{{Cite web |last=Rückert |first=Hermann |date=September 20, 2010 |title=Copy and Paste als Geschäftsmodell: Amazon bietet die Plattform für tausende absurde Buchtitel |trans-title=Copy and paste as business model: Amazon offers its platform to thousands of absurd book titles |url=http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/148413 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923130602/http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/148413 |archive-date=September 23, 2010 |access-date=December 7, 2010 |work=Telepolis knews |publisher=Heise online |language=de |location=Hannover}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bateman |first=Jessica |date=February 8, 2011 |title=Wikipedia articles copied and sold as books by US publisher |url=http://swns.com/wikipedia-articles-copied-and-sold-as-books-by-us-publisher-081117.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716172545/http://swns.com/wikipedia-articles-copied-and-sold-as-books-by-us-publisher-081117.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 |access-date=February 19, 2011 |work=Swns.com |publisher=Small World News Service |location=Bristol}}</ref> Book Publishers LLC's copies of the English Wikipedia are republished by Google Books. Titles are also published in French and German respectively under the names "'''Livres Groupe'''" and "'''Bücher Gruppe'''".<ref name=Gary>{{Cite web |last=Gary |first=Nicolas |date=October 14, 2010 |title=Arnaque : refourguer des articles de Wikipedia compilés pour 11 € |url=http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/22083-arnaque-vente-livres-articles-wikipedia.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226214824/http://www.actualitte.com/actualite/22083-arnaque-vente-livres-articles-wikipedia.htm |archive-date=December 26, 2010 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |work=actualitté.com |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=JJBirge>{{Cite web |last=Birgé |first=Jean-Jacques |author-link=Jean-Jacques Birgé |date=October 15, 2010 |title=L'arnaque |url=http://www.mediapart.fr/club/blog/jean-jacques-birge/151010/larnaque |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101018235814/http://www.mediapart.fr/club/blog/jean-jacques-birge/151010/larnaque |archive-date=October 18, 2010 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |work=Mediapart.fr |publisher=Mediapart |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=tt.com>{{Cite web |date=September 21, 2010 |title=Wikipedia-Bücher: Geschäft mit freien Inhalten - Verschiedene Anbieter versuchen, mit Benutzer-generierten Inhalten von Wikipedia auf Amazon das große Geld zu machen |url=http://portal.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/%C3%9Cberblick/Freizeit%C3%BCberblick/Multimedia/1307149-6/wikipedia-b%C3%BCcher-gesch%C3%A4ft-mit-freien-inhalten.csp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717110718/http://portal.tt.com/csp/cms/sites/tt/%C3%9Cberblick/Freizeit%C3%BCberblick/Multimedia/1307149-6/wikipedia-b%C3%BCcher-gesch%C3%A4ft-mit-freien-inhalten.csp |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |work=tt.com |publisher=Tiroler Tageszeitung |language=de |location=Innsbruck}}</ref> Books' publications do not include the images from the original Web documents but, in their place, URLs pointing to the Web images. According to the FAQ page: “We understand how annoying that can be for the reader. But our first priority has to be respecting copyright laws. In addition, the resolution of the online photos are not high enough to print in a book.”<ref name=BooksLLCFAQ>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Book Publishers LLC: Book Club FAQs |url=http://booksllc.net/faqs.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100716203156/http://booksllc.net/faqs.cfm |archive-date=July 16, 2010 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |work=Booksllc.net}}</ref>
In 2009, Book Publishers LLC and its sister imprint General Book Publishers LLC produced 224,460 and 11,887 titles respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Victoria |author-link=Victoria Strauss |date=May 23, 2010 |title=Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics |url=http://www.sfwa.org/2010/05/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030032151/http://www.sfwa.org/2010/05/lies-damned-lies-and-statistics/ |archive-date=October 30, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2010 |work=Sfwa.org |publisher=SFWA and Writer Beware}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=April 14, 2010 |title=Bowker Reports Traditional U.S. Book Production Flat in 2009 |url=http://www.bowker.com/index.php/press-releases/616-bowker-reports-traditional-us-book-production-flat-in-2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220051104/http://www.bowker.com/index.php/press-releases/616-bowker-reports-traditional-us-book-production-flat-in-2009 |archive-date=December 20, 2010 |access-date=December 21, 2010 |work=Bowker.com |publisher=R.R. Bowker |location=New Providence, New Jersey}}</ref>
==Imprint and book club names== In brackets: kind of material published and sold. * Book Publishers LLC or Books Group (English Wikipedia)<ref name="BooksLLCFAQ" /> * General Book Publishers LLC (public domain material scanned and recognized by OCR)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=General Book Publishers LLC: Book Club FAQs |url=http://www.general-books.net/faqs.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100628094831/http://www.general-books.net/faqs.cfm |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |work=General-books.net}}</ref> * General Books Club (public domain material)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=General Books Club: Select from a Million Books for Free |url=http://generalbooksclub.com/about.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211051537/http://generalbooksclub.com/about.cfm |archive-date=December 11, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |work=Generalbooksclub.com}}</ref> * Genbooks.net (public domain material)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=General Books - Search Amazon for our books |url=http://www.genbooks.net/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330211507/http://www.genbooks.net/ |archive-date=March 30, 2012 |access-date=June 17, 2011 |work=Genbooks.net}}</ref> * Million-books.com (public domain material)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Million-books.com: Book Club FAQs |url=http://million-books.com/faqs.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218111528/http://million-books.com/faqs.cfm |archive-date=December 18, 2010 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |work=Million-books.com}}</ref> * Rare Books Club (public domain material)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010 |title=Rare Books Club: FAQS |url=http://rarebooksclub.com/faqs.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100419042429/http://rarebooksclub.com/faqs.cfm |archive-date=April 19, 2010 |access-date=December 13, 2010 |work=Rarebooksclub.com}}</ref> * Wiki Editions (public domain material<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Wiki Editions - Select from a Million Books for Free |url=http://wikieditions.com/about.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031095758/http://wikieditions.com/about.cfm |archive-date=October 31, 2011 |access-date=August 17, 2011 |work=Wikieditions.com}}</ref> and CC-BY-SA material)<ref>Example CC-BY-SA publication on Amazon.com: [https://www.amazon.com/RuneScape-Agility-Ancient-Ardougne-Attack/dp/1234720736/ RuneScape - Capes: Agility cape, Ancient cloak, Ardougne cloak 1, Ardougne cloak 2, Ardougne cloak 3, Ardougne cloak 4, Attack cape, Ava's ... Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape, Cape [Paperback]]</ref> * Livres Groupe (French Wikipedia)<ref name="Gary" /><ref name="JJBirge" /> * Bücher Gruppe (German Wikipedia)<ref name="tt.com" />
== See also == *Criticism of Amazon *OmniScriptum *Philip M. Parker *PediaPress
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * Debora Weber-Wulff: [http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2011/09/german-libraries-avoiding-fake.html German Libraries Avoiding Fake Publishers]. Copy, Shake, and Paste. A blog about plagiarism from a German professor, written in English.
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