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A list of Creative Commons-licensed books.
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This is a list of '''books''' available under a Creative Commons license.
  
 
By "book" we generally mean works over 35,000 words that are or have been commercially available in hardcopy and have an ISBN.  We've expanded the definition in two added sections below, however, to include the most popular books published through do-it-yourself press Lulu, and "books" published on websites of established organizations or notable blogs.
 
By "book" we generally mean works over 35,000 words that are or have been commercially available in hardcopy and have an ISBN.  We've expanded the definition in two added sections below, however, to include the most popular books published through do-it-yourself press Lulu, and "books" published on websites of established organizations or notable blogs.
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This is just a start and is woefully incomplete.  Please add missing titles and fill in missing information.
 
This is just a start and is woefully incomplete.  Please add missing titles and fill in missing information.
  
==Nonfiction==
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[[Image:0300110561.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V63872635_.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: The Wealth of Networks
 
Author: Yochai Benkler
 
Publisher: Yale University Press
 
ISBN: 0300110561
 
Publication Date: May 16, 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.benkler.org/wealth_of_networks/index.php?title=Download_PDFs_of_the_book
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300110561/sr=8-1/qid=1155074081/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8
 
Pages: 528
 
 
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Title: Bound By Law? (Tales from the Public Domain)
 
Author: Keith Aoki; James Boyle; Jennifer Jenkins
 
Publisher: Center for the Study of the Public Domain
 
ISBN: 0974155314
 
Publication Date: March 15, 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.html
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974155314/sr=1-1/qid=1155077229/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 76
 
  
Title: Utkozben ("In Transit") (HUNGARY)
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Author: Ferenc Gyurcsany
 
Publisher: The Center for Media Research and Education (MOKK)
 
Publication Date: February 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.hr
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.napvilag.hu/ (see also: http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/5794)
 
 
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Title: Asterisk: The Future of Telephony
 
Author: Jim Van Meggelen, Jared Smith, Leif Madsen
 
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
 
ISBN: 0596009623
 
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ca/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596009623/sr=1-1/qid=1155077931/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 380
 
 
[[Image:In_the_public_interest2.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law
 
Author: Michael Geist
 
Publisher: Irwin Law
 
ISBN: 1552211134
 
Publication Date: September 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ca/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.aspx?bookid=120
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.aspx?bookid=120
 
Pages: 608
 
  
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=== Nonfiction ===
Title: Democratizing Innovation
 
Author: Eric von Hippel
 
Publisher: The MIT Press
 
ISBN: 0262002744
 
Publication Date: April 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ.htm
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262002744/sr=1-1/qid=1155078076/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 208
 
  
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Title: Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals
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Author: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
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Publisher: Association of Research Libraries
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ISBN: 1-59407-670-7
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|?Publisher
Publication Date: March 2, 2005
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
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CC-licensed version: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm
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|sort=author
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594076707/sr=1-1/qid=1155078185/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
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Pages: 129
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=== Fiction ===
Title: Free Culture
 
Author: Lawrence Lessig
 
Publisher: Penguin
 
ISBN: 0143034650
 
Publication Date: February 22, 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.free-culture.cc/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143034650/sr=1-1/qid=1155080037/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages:368
 
  
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Title: Freedom of Expression
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Author: Kembrew McLeod
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Publisher: Doubleday
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ISBN: 0385513259
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Publication Date: February 15, 2005
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|?license=License
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
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CC-licensed version: http://kembrew.com/books/
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|sort=author
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385513259/sr=1-1/qid=1155080205/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
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Pages: 384
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== Featured Content Directories for Books ==
Title: Cause commune : l'information entre bien commun et propriété ("Common Cause: Information Between Commons and Property") (FRANCE)
 
Author: Philippe Aigrain
 
Publisher: Fayard
 
ISBN: 2213623058
 
Publication Date: 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/fr/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.causecommune.org
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/2213623058/171-6700737-3160263?v=glance&n=301061
 
Pages: 285
 
  
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See here: [[Text#Featured Text sites]].
Title: A Book of Five Strings
 
Author: Patrick Costello
 
Publisher: Pik-Ware Publishing
 
ISBN: 0974419028
 
Publication Date: November 2004
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/five/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974419028/sr=1-1/qid=1155081208/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 120
 
  
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Title: We the Media
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Author: Dan Gillmor
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Publisher: O'Reilly Media
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ISBN: 0596102275
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Publication Date: July 2004
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
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CC-licensed version: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp
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Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102275/sr=1-1/qid=1155081276/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
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Pages: 334
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[[Image:How_and_tao_of_guitar.jpg |left|]]
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== More sources of free books ==
Title: The How and the Tao of Folk Guitar
 
Author: Patrick Costello
 
Publisher: Pik-Ware Publishing
 
ISBN: 097441901X
 
Publication Date: June 2004
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.ezfolk.com/guitar/howtao/folk-guitar.html
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097441901X/sr=1-1/qid=1155081483/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 103
 
  
[[Image:Cultural_software.jpg |left|]]
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You might also be interested in these resources:
Title: Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology
 
Author: J.M. Balkin
 
Publisher: Yale University Press
 
ISBN: 0300084501
 
Publication Date: September 24, 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.culturalsoftware.com/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300084501/sr=1-1/qid=1155081344/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 350
 
  
[[Image:How_and_tao_of_banjo.jpg |left|]]
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Title: The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo
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* [http://bookpub.org/ Bookpub.org]
Author: Patrick Costello
 
Publisher: Pik-Ware Publishing
 
ISBN: 0974419001
 
Publication Date: September 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/howtao/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0974419001/ref=pd_bxgy_img_a/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8
 
Pages:168
 
  
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public domain:
Title: Weapons of Mass Delusion: America’s Real National Emergency
 
Author: Richard Forno
 
Publisher: Pagefree Publishing
 
ISBN: 1589611055
 
Publication Date: August 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.infowarrior.org/wmd/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1589611055/sr=1-3/qid=1155081958/ref=sr_1_3/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages:200
 
  
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg]
Title: The Complete FreeBSD
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* US government books?
Author: Greg Lehey
 
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
 
ISBN: 0596005164
 
Publication Date: 4th edition April 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596005164/sr=1-1/qid=1155082191/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages:714
 
  
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Publisher: HarperBusiness
 
ISBN: 0066620503
 
Publication Date: July 2000
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.wayner.org/books/ffa/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0066620503/sr=1-2/qid=1155082261/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages: 340
 
  
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[[Category:Text]]
Title: A Briefer History of Time
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[[Category:List]]
Author: Eric Schulman
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[[Category:Media]]
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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[[Category:Licensed]]
ISBN: 0716733897
 
Publication Date: May 15, 1999
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3fs8i/bhtes/
 
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0716733897/sr=1-2/qid=1155082341/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
 
Pages:171
 
 
 
[[Image:Wall_street.JPG |left|]]
 
Title: Wall Street
 
Author: Doug Henwood
 
Publisher: Verso
 
ISBN: 0860916707
 
Publication Date: May 1998
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/%20
 
CC-licensed version: http://wallstreetthebook.com/
 
Pages: 372
 
 
 
==Fiction==
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Accelerando
 
Author: Charles Stross
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN:0441014151
 
Publication Date: June 27, 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.accelerando.org/book/
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 432
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Good Bullets Make Bad Neighbors
 
Author: Jonathan DiMarco
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 097273161X
 
Publication Date: February 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://zaltyspress.com/bullets.html
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages:400
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Stranger Things Happen
 
Author: Kelly Link
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 1931520003
 
Publication Date: July 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/sth/
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages:266
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town
 
Author: Cory Doctorow
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 0765312786
 
Publication Date: June 16, 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ (also http://creativecommons.org/licenses/devnations/2.0/)
 
CC-licensed version: http://craphound.com/someone/download.php
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 320
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: The Escapist
 
Author: James Morris
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 1905290055
 
Publication Date: May 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/
 
Website: http://www.theescapist.co.uk/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4565
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 168
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Eastern Standard Tribe
 
Author: Cory Doctorow
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 0765310457
 
Publication Date: April 1, 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://craphound.com/est/download.php
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 224
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Holy Tango of Literature
 
Author: Francis Heaney
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 1578601592
 
Publication Date: November 2004
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.en
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/Holy_Tango.htm
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages:128
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
 
Author: Cory Doctorow
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 0765304368
 
ISBN: 076530953X
 
Publication Date: 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/ (see  http://www.craphound.com/down/archives/2004_02.php#000117)
 
CC-licensed version: http://craphound.com/down/
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 208
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Star Dragon
 
Author: Mike Brotherton
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 076534677X
 
Publication Date: 2003
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.mikebrotherton.com/novels/index.html
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages:352
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Maelstrom
 
Author: Peter Watts
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 0812566793
 
Publication Date: 2002
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages:384
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Starfish
 
Author: Peter Watts
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 0812575857
 
Publication Date: 2000
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
 
CC-licensed version: http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 384
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Acts of the Apostles (Mind Over Matter)
 
Author: John F.X. Sundman
 
Publisher:
 
ISBN: 192975213X
 
Publication date: November 1999
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://wetmachine.com/acts/index.shtml
 
Print version for purchase:
 
Pages: 360
 
 
 
[[Image:Accelerando.jpg |left|]]
 
Title: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords
 
Publisher:
 
Author: David R. Perry
 
ISBN: 0975355406
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.davidrperry.com/
 
Print version for purchase:
 
 
 
==Lulu Highlights==
 
Lulu offers a publishing service for “digital do-it-yourselfers” to publish all manner of media, including books. Lulu lets
 
creators set the license terms, including Creative Commons licenses, for their works as part of the publishing process. We've
 
chosen to list some popular CC-licensed works that have been published through Lulu, below.
 
 
 
You can also search for more CC-licensed books here:
 
http://www.lulu.com/browse/adv_search.php
 
 
 
Title: 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google
 
Author: Philipp Lenssen
 
ISBN:1411693418
 
Publication Date: May 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
 
Website: http://www.55fun.com/
 
Pages: 232
 
 
 
Title: Wireless Networking in the Developing World
 
Author: Corinna Aichele, Rob Flickenger, Carlo Fonda, Jim Forster, Ian Howard, Tomas Kraq, Marco Zennaro
 
ISBN: 1411678370
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en
 
Website: http://wndw.net/
 
Pages: 254
 
 
 
Title: Extreme Democracy
 
Author: Jon Lebkowsky, Mitch Ratcliffe
 
ISBN: 1411631390
 
Publication Date: 2005
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
 
Website: http://www.lulu.com/content/125298
 
Pages: 371
 
 
 
=="Books" online==
 
These are "books" (ie works of 35,000 words or more) made available through established organizations and sites.  These are not to include vanity projects by your favorite uncle.
 
 
 
Title: Introduction to Economic Analysis
 
Author: Preston McAfee
 
ISBN : 160049000X
 
Publication Date: 2006
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ (see http://www.introecon.com/blurb.html)
 
CC-licensed version: http://www.introecon.com
 
Pages: 329
 
Audiobook: http://www.archive.org/details/mcafee_econ
 
 
 
Title: Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
 
Author: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
 
Publication Date: October 1996 to present
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/
 
Website: http://epress.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepb.html
 
 
 
Title: GAM3R 7H30RY
 
Author: McKenzie Wark
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
 
Website: http://www.futureofthebook.org/gamertheory/
 
 
 
Title: The Daemon, the GNU & the Penguin
 
Author: Dr. Peter Salus
 
Publication Date: online on groklaw, ongoing
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0
 
Website:http://www.groklaw.net/staticpages/index.php?page=20051013231901859
 
Pages: still in progress
 
 
 
Title: Abracadabra!
 
Author: Raymond Newman
 
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/
 
Website:http://www.revolverbook.co.uk/
 

Latest revision as of 22:34, 13 June 2020

This is a list of books available under a Creative Commons license.

By "book" we generally mean works over 35,000 words that are or have been commercially available in hardcopy and have an ISBN. We've expanded the definition in two added sections below, however, to include the most popular books published through do-it-yourself press Lulu, and "books" published on websites of established organizations or notable blogs.

This is just a start and is woefully incomplete. Please add missing titles and fill in missing information.

Add a book

{{#forminput:Book|35|Book Name|}}

Nonfiction

{{#ask:

 genre::NonFiction

|mainlabel=Title |?author=Author |?Publisher |?License |limit=200 |sort=author |order=ascending }}

Fiction

{{#ask: genre::Fiction |mainlabel=Title |?author=Author |?publisher=Publisher |?license=License |limit=200 |sort=author |order=ascending }}

Featured Content Directories for Books

See here: Text#Featured Text sites.

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More sources of free books

You might also be interested in these resources:

public domain: