Books
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 ISBN:0300110561 Publication Date: May 16, 2006 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Website:http://www.benkler.org/wealth_of_networks/index.php?title=Download_PDFs_of_the_book Pages: 528
Title: Bound By Law? (Tales from the Public Domain) Author: Keith Aoki; James Boyle; Jennifer Jenkins ISBN:0974155314 Publication Date: March 15, 2006 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Website: http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.html Pages: 76
Title: Utkozben ("In Transit") (HUNGARY)
Author: Ferenc Gyurcsany
Publication Date: February 2006
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.hr
Website: http://www.napvilag.hu/ (see also: http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/5794)
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) Website: http://www.introecon.com Pages: 329 Audiobook: http://www.archive.org/details/mcafee_econ
Title: Asterisk: The Future of Telephony Author: Jim Van Meggelen, Jared Smith, Leif Madsen ISBN: 0596009623 Publication Date: September 1, 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ca/ Website:http://www.asteriskdocs.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=11 Pages: 380
Title: In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law Author: Michael Geist ISBN: 1552211134 Publication Date: September 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ca/ Website: http://www.irwinlaw.com/books.aspx?bookid=120 Pages: 608
Title: Democratizing Innovation Author: Eric von Hippel ISBN: 0262002744 Publication Date: April 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ.htm Pages: 208
Title: Free Culture Author: Lawrence Lessig ISBN:0143034650 Publication Date: February 22, 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ Website: http://www.free-culture.cc/ Pages:368
Title: Freedom of Expression Author: Kembrew McLeod ISBN: 0385513259 Publication Date: February 15, 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Website: http://kembrew.com/books/ Pages: 384
Title: Cause commune : l'information entre bien commun et propriété ("Common Cause: Information Between Commons and Property") (FRANCE)
Author: Philippe Aigrain
ISBN: 2213623058
Publication Date: 2005
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/fr/
Website: http://www.causecommune.org
Pages: 285
Title: A Book of Five Strings Author: Patrick Costello ISBN: 0974419028 Publication Date: November 2004 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/five/ Pages: 120
Title: We the Media Author: Dan Gillmor ISBN: 0596102275 Publication Date: July 2004 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Website: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/wemedia/book/index.csp Pages: 334
Title: The How and the Tao of Old Time Banjo Author: Patrick Costello ISBN:0974419001 Publication Date: September 2003 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/howtao/ Pages:168
Title: Weapons of Mass Delusion: America’s Real National Emergency Author: Richard Forno ISBN:1589611055 Publication Date: August 2003 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.infowarrior.org/wmd/ Pages:200
Title: The Complete FreeBSD Author: Greg Lehey ISBN:0596005164 Publication Date: 4th edition April 2003 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/legalcode Website: http://www.lemis.com/grog/Documentation/CFBSD/ Pages:714
Title: Free For All Author: Peter Wayner ISBN: 0066620503 Publication Date: July 2000 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ Website:http://www.wayner.org/books/ffa/ Pages: 340
Title: A Briefer History of Time Author: Eric Schulman ISBN:0716733897 Publication Date: May 15, 1999 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ Website: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3fs8i/bhtes/ Pages:171
Title: Wall Street Author: Doug Henwood ISBN: 0860916707 Publication Date: May 1998 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/%20 Website: http://wallstreetthebook.com/ Pages: 372
Fiction
Title: Accelerando Author: Charles Stross ISBN:0441014151 Publication Date: June 27, 2006 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.accelerando.org/book/ Pages: 432
Title: Good Bullets Make Bad Neighbors Author: Jonathan DiMarco ISBN: 097273161X Publication Date: February 2006 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ Website: http://zaltyspress.com/bullets.html Pages:400
Title: Stranger Things Happen Author: Kelly Link ISBN:1931520003 Publication Date: July 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Website: http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/sth/ Pages:266
Title: Someone Comes To Town, Someone Leaves Town Author: Cory Doctorow 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/) Website: http://craphound.com/someone/download.php Pages: 320
Title: The Escapist Author: James Morris ISBN: 1905290055 Publication Date: May 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ Website: http://www.theescapist.co.uk/ Download: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=4565 Pages: 168
Title: Eastern Standard Tribe Author: Cory Doctorow ISBN: 0765310457 Publication Date: April 1, 2005 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ Website: http://craphound.com/est/download.php Pages: 224
Title: Holy Tango of Literature Author: Francis Heaney ISBN: 1578601592 Publication Date: November 2004 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/deed.en Website: http://www.yarnivore.com/francis/Holy_Tango.htm Pages:128
Title: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom Author: Cory Doctorow 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) Website: http://craphound.com/down/ Pages: 208
Title: Star Dragon Author: Mike Brotherton ISBN: 076534677X Publication Date: 2003 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.mikebrotherton.com/novels/index.html Pages:352
Title: Maelstrom Author: Peter Watts ISBN:0812566793 Publication Date: 2002 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Website: http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm Pages:384
Title: Starfish Author: Peter Watts ISBN:0812575857 Publication Date: 2000 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ Website: http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm Pages: 384
Title: Acts of the Apostles (Mind Over Matter) Author: John F.X. Sundman ISBN: 192975213X Publication date: November 1999 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd-nc/1.0/ Website: http://wetmachine.com/acts/index.shtml Pages: 360
Title: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords Author: David R. Perry ISBN:0975355406 License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ Website: http://www.davidrperry.com/
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: 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/
