Unglue.it Wants to Make a Creative Commons for E-books

A new platform called Unglue.it wants to make your favorite e-books available to the world for free.

Through a crowdfunding platform inspired by Kickstarter and the public radio model, Unglue.it is hosting campaigns to turn individual, already-published books into Creative Commons licensed e-books. This means that you could legally read and share e-books for free with anyone across the globe.

For any one book, the company works with rights holders to decide on fair compensation for such a license. Through Unglue.it, individuals and institutions can pledge toward that amount. Once the amount is reached, the team collects the pledged funds and pays the rights holders. Then, the right…
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