It doesn't cost $7,500 to make it. The book exists; we're proposing to make it free to everyone on earth, forever, with Creative Commons licensing. The $7,500 is to compensate the author for potential loss of royalties -- make it worthwhile for them to give it to the world.
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Thanks! I will be writing a proper About soon, and it really helps to have feedback from people who haven't been following us and talking to us for months. Turns out my brain is too everywhere-all-at-once on launch day for me to write coherent sentences right now, but it'll be coming soon.
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[ 3.7 ms ] story [ 24.8 ms ] threadThanks for asking questions; it helps us to communicate better.
unglue (v. t.) 1. To pay an author or publisher in full, up front, for publishing a Creative Commons ebook.
At the top of the site (had to click through a few times to find it)