[A2k] Any examples/ any evidence?

[Volker Grassmuck]

Alan, "Freie Software. Zwischen Privat- und Gemeineigentum" came out
in 2002 simultaneously in print and here:
http://freie-software.bpb.de.
It has been re-published on various free software and educational CDs
and even on an internal server of the German military. The second
print run came out in 2004, ans it's still today one of the most-sold
titles of the publisher which is not a commercial company but the
German Federal Office for Civic Education that sells the book for a
handling charge of 2 Euros. For harder data I would have to ask them
for their sales and downloads.

Looking forward to your list of examples.

Thanks,
Volker

On 9 Feb 2008 at 12:47, Shigekawa, Joan wrote:

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> Alan-check The National Research Council at the National Academies of Sci=
ence, Medicine and Engineering in Washington, DC. I believe when they first=
 put their books online for free the sales of their books increased substan=
tially.
> Joan Shigekawa
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> Subject: [A2k] Any examples/ any evidence?
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> Would anyone on the list have concrete and specific examples of books tha=
t
> 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.
>
> Examples from anywhere on the globe appreciated. And the harder and more
> specific the "data", the better.
>
> There is one current examples of this phenomenon; see Levine and Boldrin'=
s
> book "Against Intellectual Monopoly"  -
> http://levine.sscnet.ucla.edu/general/intellectual/againstfinal.htm
>
> However, this book does not come out as a published book until July
> 2008...and so, to date, there is no evidence to gather about this book an=
d
> may not be for some months.
>
> Please send to me ( acs3@kent.ac.uk) and if I get enough examples,
> I will send a little report back to the list.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Alan
>
>
>
> Alan Story
> Senior Lecturer, Intellectual Property Law
> Kent Law School
> University of Kent
> Canterbury Kent
> United Kingdom      CT2 7NS
> acs3@kent.ac.uk
> Phone: +44 (0)1227 823316
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