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This is a list of '''books''' available under a Creative Commons license.
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[[Category:Media]]
[[Category:Licensed]]
 
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.
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.


== How to add a book ==
== Add a book ==


This table pulls information from other articles in the wiki which have been created with semantic annotations.  To easily add a book, fill in this [http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Special:AddPage/Form:Book form] or create a new page using the [[Template:Books]]
{{#forminput:Book|35|Book Name|}}


==Nonfiction==
=== Nonfiction ===


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=== Fiction ===


[[Image:Freedom_of_expression.jpg |left|]]
{{#ask:
Title: Freedom of Expression
[[genre::Fiction]]
Author: Kembrew McLeod
|mainlabel=Title
Publisher: Doubleday
|?author=Author
ISBN: 0385513259
|?publisher=Publisher
Publication Date: February 15, 2005
|?license=License
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
|limit=200
CC-licensed version: http://kembrew.com/books/
|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
|order=ascending
Pages: 384
}}


[[Image:WynantsCornelis.jpg|left|]]
== Featured Content Directories for Books ==
Title: How Open is the Future? Economic, Social & Cultural Scenarios inspired by Free & Open-Source Software
Editors: Marleen Wynants & Jan Cornelis
Publisher: VUB Brussels University Press
ISBN: 9054873787
Publication Date: January 2005
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/be/
CC-licensed version: http://crosstalks.vub.ac.be/publications/howopenisthefuture/crosstalks_book1.pdf
Print version for purchase: http://www.vubpress.be/vubpress_shop/book_info.php?books_id=256
Pages: 534


[[Image:Cause_commune.jpg |left|]]
See here: [[Text#Featured Text sites]].
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


[[Image:Book_of_five_strings.jpg |left|]]
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Title: A Book of Five Strings
[[format::Text]]
Author: Patrick Costello
[[size::+]]
Publisher: Pik-Ware Publishing
|mainlabel=Title
ISBN: 0974419028
|?mainurl=url
Publication Date: November 2004
|?size=Size
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/
|sort=size
CC-licensed version: http://www.ezfolk.com/banjo/five/
|order=descending
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
|limit=25
Pages: 120
}}


[[Image:We_the_media.jpg |left|]]
== More sources of free books ==
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


[[Image:How_and_tao_of_guitar.jpg |left|]]
You might also be interested in these resources:
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|]]
* [[Text]] — list of Creative Commons licensed text-based media
Title: Cultural Software: A Theory of Ideology
* [http://bookpub.org/ Bookpub.org]
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|]]
public domain:
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


[[Image:Weapons_of_mass_delusion.jpg |left|]]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page Project Gutenberg]
Title: Weapons of Mass Delusion: America’s Real National Emergency
* US government books?
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


[[Image:Complete_free_bsd.jpg |left|]]
{{Translations
Title: The Complete FreeBSD, 4th edition
| articles = Pt:Livros
Author: Greg Lehey
}}
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
ISBN: 0596005164
Publication Date: 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


[[Image:Free_for_all.jpg |left|]]
[[Category:Text]]
Title: Free For All
[[Category:List]]
Author: Peter Wayner
[[Category:Media]]
Publisher: HarperBusiness
[[Category:Licensed]]
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
 
[[Image:Briefer_history.jpg |left|]]
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
 
[[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: 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
 
[[Image:Stranger_things.jpg |left|]]
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
 
[[Image:Someone_comes_to_town.jpg |left|]]
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
 
[[Image:Escapist.jpg |left|]]
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
 
[[Image:Eastern_standard.jpg |left|]]
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
 
[[Image:Holy_tango.jpg |left|]]
Title: Holy Tango of Literature
Author: Francis Heaney
Publisher: Emmis Books
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578601592/sr=1-1/qid=1155155493/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages:128
 
[[Image:Down_and_out.jpg |left|]]
Title: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Author: Cory Doctorow
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765304368
ISBN: 076530953X
Publication Date: 2003
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/ (see  http://craphound.com/down/?p=340)
CC-licensed version: http://craphound.com/down/
Print version for purchase: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076530953X/sr=1-3/qid=1155155690/ref=sr_1_3/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 208
 
[[Image:Star_dragon.jpg |left|]]
Title: Star Dragon
Author: Mike Brotherton
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076534677X/sr=1-1/qid=1155155815/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages:352
 
[[Image:Maelstrom.jpg |left|]]
Title: Maelstrom
Author: Peter Watts
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812566793/sr=1-1/qid=1155155891/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages:384
 
[[Image:Starfish.jpg |left|]]
Title: Starfish
Author: Peter Watts
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812575857/sr=1-1/qid=1155155991/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 384
 
[[Image:Acts_of_the_apostles.jpg |left|]]
Title: Acts of the Apostles (Mind Over Matter Series)
Author: John F.X. Sundman
Publisher: Rosalita Associates
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: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/192975213X/sr=1-1/qid=1155156115/ref=sr_1_1/002-6901287-7280061?ie=UTF8&s=books
Pages: 360
 
[[Image:Book_of_forwards.jpg |left|]]
Title: Dr. Lewis B. Turndevelt's Big Book of Forewords
Publisher: Morris Publishing
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: http://www.davidrperry.com/book-purchase/
 
[[Image:Move_Under_Ground.jpg |left|]]
Title: Move Under Ground
Author: Nick Mamatas
Publisher: Prime Books
ISBN: 0809556731
Publication Date: May 2004; February 2007 (CC)
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
CC-licensed version: http://www.moveunderground.org/
Print version for purchase: http://www.moveunderground.org/
 
Title: Elemen Kekosongan ("Emptiness Element") (INDONESIAN)
Author: Nein Arimasen
Publication Date: November 2006 CC, Lulu
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
CC-licensed version: http://elemen-kekosongan.blogspot.com/ (HTML)
Print version for purchase: http://www.lulu.com/bola-bulat (and also PDF)
 
==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
 
[[Image:Very Short Stories2.JPG |left|]]
Title: Very Short Stories
Author: Josh Webb
ISBN: N/A (e-book)
Publication: May 2007
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
CC-licensed version, for free download: http://www.lulu.com/content/787925
 
[[Image:MysticMicrosoft.jpg |left|]]
Title: Mystic Microsoft: A Journey of Transformation in the Halls of High Technology
Author: Kraig Brockschmidt
ISBN: 978-0-6151-4379-8
Publication: April 2007
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
CC-licensed version, for free download: http://www.mysticmicrosoft.com
Print version for purchase: http://www.mysticmicrosoft.com or http://www.lulu.com/content/732076
Pages: 272
 
[[Image:55_ways.jpg |left|]]
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/
CC-licensed version: http://www.55fun.com/
Print version for purchase: http://www.lulu.com/content/296615
Pages: 232
 
[[Image:Wireless.jpg |left|]]
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
CC-licensed version: http://wndw.net/
Print version for purchase: http://www.lulu.com/content/223168
Pages: 254
 
[[Image:Extreme.jpg |left|]]
Title: Extreme Democracy
Author: Jon Lebkowsky, Mitch Ratcliffe
ISBN: 1411631390
Publication Date: 2005
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
CC-licensed version, for purchase: http://www.lulu.com/content/125298
Pages: 371
 
[[Image:Intro_to_econ.jpg |left|]]
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
Print version for purchase: http://www.lulu.com/content/373835
Audiobook: http://www.archive.org/details/mcafee_econ
Pages: 329
 
=="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.
 
 
[[Image:ccb-cover.jpg |left|]]
Title: Cooking Com Bigode: vegetarian improvisational peasant fusion cuisine for the 22nd century
Author: Ankur Shah
Publisher: somethingconstructive.net
Publication Date: 2006
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
CC-licensed version: http://www.somethingconstructive.net/jamanta/online/bigode.pdf
Print version for purchase: http://www.somethingconstructive.net/jamanta/get.shtml
Pages: 120
[[Image:UF front cover thumbnail.gif |left|]]
Title: Unbounded Freedom: a guide to Creative Commons thinking for cultural organisations
Author: Rosemary Bechler
Publisher: Counterpoint, the cultural relations think-tank of the British Council
Publisher website: http://www.counterpoint-online.org
Publication Date: September 29, 2006
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
CC-licensed version: http://www.counterpoint-online.org/download/335/Unboundedfreedom.pdf
Pages: 57
 
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.

{{#ask: format::Text size::+ |mainlabel=Title |?mainurl=url |?size=Size |sort=size |order=descending |limit=25 }}

More sources of free books

You might also be interested in these resources:

public domain:

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