Reading list: Open content resources

This valuable reading list for understanding the history and value of open content was provided in a presentation I saw last week by Paul Jones, director of iBiblio.

Anderson, Chris. The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More.Hyperion (July 11, 2006). And the original Wired article.

Benkler, Yochai. The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom. Yale (April, 2006). Also see Benkler’s wiki where the book is free for download or purchase in several formats.

Godin, Seth. Small is the New Big. And see his blog.

Lessig, Lawrence. Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. Penguin (2004). Download, remix and see his blog.

Maeda, John. The Laws of Simplicity. MIT (2006). See also the Laws of Simplicity website.

Von Hippel, Eric. Democratizing Innovation. MIT (2005). See von Hippel’s website where the book is free for download or purchase.