Press Release: Unglue.it [January 20, 2014]

Buy-to-Unglue Crowdfunding for eBooks goes Beta with Lagos_2060

Copyright (c) 2014 Unglue.it

SummaryThe first Buy to Unglue ebook went on sale this week as Unglue.it's new crowdfunding mechanism reached Beta. This is another step in Unglue.it's effort to become "the bookstore for books that want to be free". Every ebook downloaded comes with a future dated Creative Commons license. Each purchase brings that Creative Commons effective date, the date the ebook becomes free to everyone, closer to the present.

January 20, 2014 - The first "Buy to Unglue" ebook went on sale this week as Unglue.it's new crowdfunding mechanism reached Beta. This is another step in Unglue.it's effort to become "the bookstore for books that want to be free".

The campaign page is at https://unglue.it/work/128685/

"Buy-to-Unglue" uses ebook purchases as a crowdfunding mechanism. Every ebook downloaded comes with a future dated Creative Commons license. Each purchase brings that Creative Commons effective date, the date the ebook becomes free to everyone, closer to the present.

The first ebook to be sold in this way is "Lagos_2060". In 2010, eight writers - 5 men and 3 women - came together to contribute stories to an anthology with futuristic takes on the city of Lagos via a workshop tagged LAGOS_2060, conceived to commemorate Nigeria's golden jubilee. The anthology that grew out of the workshop is remarkable for the different versions of the future it imagines.

The authors are Afolabi Muheez Ashiru, Okey Egboluche, Chiagozie Fred Nwonwu, Kofo Akib, Ayodele Arigbabu, Adebola Rayo, Terh Agbedeh, Temitayo Olofinlua. The collection is curated by Ayodele Arigbabu and published by DADA books.

Libraries are an important focus of the Buy-to-Unglue program. Libraries that participate in Unglue.it can buy the ebooks and lend them through the free unglue.it ebook distribution platform. In addition, verified library users can purchase buy-to-unlgue books for their libraries.

For information about unglue.it, contact Unglue.it Founder Eric Hellman at info@gluejar.com, or visit https://unglue.it/

For information about DADA books, contact Ayodele Arigbabu at books@dadaenterprises.net, or visit http://www.dadabooks.com

Publication Year:2014
Type of Material:Press Release
LanguageEnglish
Issue:January 20, 2014
Publisher:Unglue.it
Company: Unglue.it
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