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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
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!
