It is pleasing to see that the work we put down in publishing new editions of the classic Free Culture book by the founder of the Creative Commons movement, Lawrence Lessig, is still being appreciated. I had a look at the latest sales numbers for the paper edition today. Not too impressive, but happy to see some buyers still exist. All the revenue from the books is sent to the Creative Commons Corporation, and they receive the largest cut if you buy directly from Lulu. Most books are sold via Amazon, with Ingram second and only a small fraction directly from Lulu. The ebook edition is available for free from Github.
| Title / language | Quantity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 jan-jun | 2016 jul-dec | 2017 jan-may | |
| Culture Libre / French | 3 | 6 | 15 |
| Fri kultur / Norwegian | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Free Culture / English | 14 | 27 | 16 |
| Total | 24 | 34 | 31 |
A bit sad to see the low sales number on the Norwegian edition, and a bit surprising the English edition still selling so well.
If you would like to translate and publish the book in your native language, I would be happy to help make it happen. Please get in touch.