Book impact

Link dump/notes on impact of sharing books -- for better or worse most interest has been in effect on traditional sales.

Concerning a dissertation on the impact of free online distribution:

• http://www.johnhiltoniii.org/category/free-books/
• http://bloggasm.com/did-random-houses-free-online-book-releases-affect-sales
• http://chronicle.com/blogPost/David-Wiley-Giving-Away/7278

Links to some other data/experiences

• http://www.johnhiltoniii.org/interesting-posts-on-the-effects-of-free-books/
• http://www.johnhiltoniii.org/author-costsbenefits-of-open-publishing/
• http://www.toccon.com/toc2009/public/schedule/detail/7582
• http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/09/cory-doctorow-freekonomic-e-books.html
• http://radar.oreilly.com/2007/06/free-downloads-vs-sales-a-publ.html
• http://www.undergroundthecomic.com/2010/10/pictures-help-us-learn/ background at http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9067 more http://www.techdirt.com/blog/casestudies/articles/20101026/00183011584/interview-with-the-guy-who-embraced-the-pirates-of-4chan.shtml
• http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/book-piracy-drm-data.html

Also needed data, anecdotes, experiments

• Impact on book production -- eg explicitly collaborative a la http://booki.cc
• Digital distribution
• Translation
• Many other kinds of use and re-use
• Related revenue
• Career
• ...

See Books for a very poorly-maintained list of books under various CC licenses. Please help fix that!