( CNN ) -- Wikipedia this week created a new feature that allows readers of that online encyclopedia to create their own e-books with its content . The `` EPUB export feature '' makes it easier for people to read free encyclopedia articles on their mobile phones , e-readers or tablets when they do n't have a connection , Wikipedia said in a blog post on Monday . `` EPUB files can be used very easily in an offline environment , '' Tomasz Finc , mobile director at the Wikimedia Foundation , said in a written statement . `` They can be opened and distributed just like normal files . Plus , there are readers for almost every platform . '' To make your own book , sign up on the site 's book creator page . Once you do , a green button will appear at the top of Wikipedia pages asking you if you want to `` add this page to your book . '' More than one encyclopedia article can be added to a single e-book . The blog The Next Web points out that this idea may seem bizarre at first . But writer Emil Protalinski says the feature has potential . `` Personally , I would love to be able to access Wikipedia while on the subway , and this new addition is a decent way to do that , assuming I know what I want to read in advance , '' the blogger wrote . `` In countries where Internet access is still very rare , not to mention mobile devices are the only devices , this wo n't be seen just as a feature of Wikipedia . It will be Wikipedia . '' The e-books can be distributed after users create them . `` Collections can be exported in a variety of formats like PDF , EPUB , or OpenOffice , '' Wikipedia says . `` You can also order a printed book via PediaPress , the official print-on-demand partner of Wikipedia . ''
Wikipedia now lets users generate e-books from its content . Multiple encyclopedia articles can be added to a single book . The site says the books will be helpful for offline , mobile reading .