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  1. Re:Better yet, just don't send them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative · on Nigerian Company Sues OLPC

    Where are they going to get all these books from? I haven't been able to find very many up-to-date and legally obtainable textbooks on the internet, so you can strike that off. Well, you're not looking very hard...

    Fiction Books
    http://www.baen.com/library/
    http://www.anothersky.org/
    http://www.gutenberg.org/
    http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
    http://manybooks.net//
    http://www.archive.org/

    Audiobooks
    http://www.librivox.org/

    Textbooks
    http://motionmountain.dse.nl/
    http://textbookrevolution.org/
    http://www.theassayer.org/
    http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
    http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html#languages
    http://www.hewlett.org/Programs/Education/Technology/OpenContent/opencontent.htm
    http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/
    http://cnx.org/
    http://globaltext.org/
    http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

    Encyclopaedia
    http://en.wikipedia.org/

    Scientific Journal Articles
    http://www.plos.org/journals/index.html
    http://www.doaj.org/
    http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/

    ...This is just a sampling. There are many free online resources.
  2. Re:Great Works by galoise · · Score: 1 · on Copyright Alliance Presses Presidential Candidates
    Ever heard of http://anothersky.org/?
    That's exactly tyhe kind of "bussiness" model they propose: a return to the old ways, cutting out the middle man. From their site:

    Our mission is to subvert the traditional publishing paradigm and do it our way.
    Our mission is to put the artist and audience in direct connection with each other, removing the middlemen.
    Our mission is to believe in the altruism of others.
    Our mission is to spread culture for the good of all, not control it for profit.
    Our mission is to dismantle the world and reassemble it in a more aesthetically pleasing manner.
    Our mission is to prove it can be done.
  3. Re:They're make up for it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Radiohead Says Name Your Own Price for New Album

    It's being done in other industries too: Another Sky Press ( http://www.anothersky.org/ ) has been doing it for years - not only do they allow free download but they sell their physical books 'at cost' plus optional contribution.

    The Radiohead thing is great because they're so high profile. This will become a trend.

  4. Re:Authors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Case For Perpetual Copyright

    Another Sky Press is another example.

  5. Re:Distribution.... by kalirion · · Score: 1 · on Another Sky Press Driving Neo-Patronage

    $5.90, or $6.38 through PayPal..

  6. Re:free login? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on The Future of Digital Books

    This site is trying something different: it's making books available completely free online as well as selling dead tree versions. Even the dead tree version is for sale at cost plus an optional contribution - sort of tip jar paradigm taken to the extreme, and pretty darn cool if you ask me. Their first release is called Click. Full disclosure: I know the author, I've read the book. It's excellent. Another friend described it as sort of like Hubert Selby Jr. if he was paranoid schizoprenic instead of a drug addict and I'd have to agree. Solid. Even if the book isn't up your alley, the concepts behind the site are pretty right on. I know they're trying hard to make a donation based system work in practice. And they promise to have more books up by various authors soon. Anyway. Check it out if you want.