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A list of Creative Commons-licensed books.

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.

Nonfiction

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

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)
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)

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

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

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

Title: Open Access Bibliography: Liberating Scholarly Literature with E-Prints and Open Access Journals
Author: Charles W. Bailey, Jr.
Publisher: Association of Research Libraries
ISBN: 1-59407-670-7
Publication Date: March 2, 2005
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
CC-licensed version: http://www.digital-scholarship.com/oab/oab.htm
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
Pages: 129

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

Title: Freedom of Expression
Author: Kembrew McLeod
Publisher: Doubleday
ISBN: 0385513259
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
CC-licensed version: http://kembrew.com/books/
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
Pages: 384

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

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

Title: We the Media
Author: Dan Gillmor
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN: 0596102275
Publication Date: July 2004
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
CC-licensed version: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp
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
Pages: 334

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

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

Title: The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo
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

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

Title: The Complete FreeBSD
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

Title: Free For All
Author: Peter Wayner
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

Title: A Briefer History of Time
Author: Eric Schulman
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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

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

Title: Accelerando
Author: Charles Stross
Publisher: Ace
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0441014151/sr=8-1/qid=1155149546/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8
Pages: 432

Title: Good Bullets Make Bad Neighbors
Author: Jonathan DiMarco
Publisher: Zaltys Press
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/097273161X/sr=8-1/qid=1155154236/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8
Pages:400

Title: Stranger Things Happen
Author: Kelly Link
Publisher: Small Beer Press
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1931520003/sr=8-1/qid=1155154295/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8
Pages:266

Title: Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor Books
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765312808/sr=1-1/qid=1155154537/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 320

Title: The Escapist
Author: James Morris
Publisher: Adlibbed Ltd 
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1905290055/sr=1-1/qid=1155154700/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 168

Title: Eastern Standard Tribe
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor Books
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0765310457/sr=1-1/qid=1155154807/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 224

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/