Unglued Ebooks

General Questions

So what is an unglued ebook?

An unglued ebook is free in the sense of freedom — not merely an ebook that costs nothing.

Unglued ebooks use a Creative Commons or other free license to counteract the constraints of "all rights reserved" copyright. Sometimes, payments are made to the author, publisher, or other rights holder to facilitate the ungluing.

What does this mean for you? If you're a book lover, you can read unglued ebooks for free, on the device of your choice, in the format of your choice, and share them with all your friends. If you're a library, you can lend them to your patrons with no checkout limits or simultaneous user restrictions, and preserve them however you think best. If you're a rights holder, you retain copyright in your work.