Unglue.it Officially Launches “Thanks for Ungluing” Program

Today, Eric Hellman and the Unglue.it team formally launched their new “Thanks For Ungluing” program.
From Today’s Announcement:

Today marks the official launch of Unglue.it’s “Thanks for Ungluing” program. Unglue.it is “the bookstore for books that want to be free”.
Unglue.it aims to compile a comprehensive database of Creative Commons licensed books while offering authors and publishers new ways to make ends meet.
“Great books deserve to be read by all of us, and we ought to be supporting the people who create these books. ‘Thanks for Ungluing’ gives readers, authors, libraries and publishers a new way to build, sustain, and nourish the books we love.” said Eric Hellman, Founder of Unglue.it. “We’re thrilled to be working the amazing creators participating in this launch”.
Thanks-for-Ungluing lets readers say “thank you” for free ebooks. The program is designed to help rights holders promote and benefit from their Creative Commons licensed ebooks. Creators participating in the Thanks-for-Ungluing program request payment for ebooks on a pay-what-you-want basis. They set suggested prices as well as metadata and descriptions for their books.

Titles/Authors/Publishers Participating in “Thanks for Ungluing” at Launch:

Acts of the Apostles, and Three Other Books by Jim Sundman
Note: Acts of the Apostles was the second book ever to have a Creative Commons license (The first was Cory Doctorow’s Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom.)
Two Titles Published by Open Book Publishers

• The Digital Public Domain: Foundations For An Open Culture
• The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre

Moebius Noodles by Yelena McManaman and Maria Droujkova
“…offers advanced math activities to fit your child’s personality, interests, and needs.”

Jake Hartnell: 23rd Century Romance 

Jim Bowers: Green Comet

Read the Complete the Blog Post
Additional info about each book and the “Thanks for Ungluing” program.

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