[A2k] Any examples/ any evidence?

[Michael Gurstein]

Well it's not quite what you are asking for Alan but the good folks at
Polimetrica http://www.polimetrica.com who have just published my little
book, "What is Community Informatics? (and Why Does It Matter)"
http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00012372/01/WHAT_IS_COMMUNITY_INFORMATICS_r
eading.pdf (outrageous plug) are trying to build a business model on a very
closely related proposition.

MG

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From: a2k-admin@lists.essential.org [mailto:a2k-admin@lists.essential.org]
On Behalf Of Taran Rampersad
Sent: February 7, 2008 8:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [A2k] Any examples/ any evidence?


Well.... once they are released into the wild, there is no 'control' to see
how they would have done otherwise. But Lawrence Lessig has released his 4th
book under a Creative Commons License:
http://lessig.org/blog/2008/01/the_future_of_ideas_is_now_fre_1.html\

But I don't know that there is any empirical evidence or could be...

Alan Story wrote:
> Would anyone on the list have concrete and specific examples of books
> that prove the following proposition:
>
> Allowing free, open, and ongoing access (online) to the full text of a
> commercially-published, non-fiction book does NOT hurt sales of that
> book and, in fact, can (and does) stimulate sales of that book,
> especially if the online version gets sufficient "buzz" on the
> Internet, in blogs, in e-mail lists, etc.
>


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