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<div class="title"><a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Sales_number_for_the_Free_Culture_translation__first_half_of_2016.html">Sales number for the Free Culture translation, first half of 2016</a></div>
<div class="date"> 5th August 2016</div>
- <div class="body"><p>As my regular readers probably remember, I published a French and
-Norwegian translation of the classic Free Culture book by the founder
-of the Creative Commons movement, Lawrence Lessig, the last year. A
-bit less known is the fact that due to the way I created the
-translations, using docbook and po4a, and also recreated the English
-original. And because I already had created a new the PDF edition, I
-published it too. The revenue from the book is sent to the Creative
-Commons Corporation. So I do not earn any money from the project, I
-just earn the warm fuzzy feeling that the text is available for a
-wider audience and more people can learn why the Creative Commons is
-needed.</p>
+ <div class="body"><p>As my regular readers probably remember, the last year I published
+a French and Norwegian translation of the classic
+<a href="http://www.free-culture.cc/">Free Culture book</a> by the
+founder of the Creative Commons movement, Lawrence Lessig. A bit less
+known is the fact that due to the way I created the translations,
+using docbook and po4a, I also recreated the English original. And
+because I already had created a new the PDF edition, I published it
+too. The revenue from the books are sent to the Creative Commons
+Corporation. In other words, I do not earn any money from this
+project, I just earn the warm fuzzy feeling that the text is available
+for a wider audience and more people can learn why the Creative
+Commons is needed.</p>
<p>Today, just for fun, I had a look at the sales number over at
Lulu.com, which take care of payment, printing and shipping. Much to
<table border="0">
<tr><th>Title / language</th><th>Quantity</th></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Culture Libre / French</a></td><td>3</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Fri kultur / Norwegian</a></td><td>7</td></tr>
-<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">Free Culture / English</a></td><td>14</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/culture-libre/paperback/product-22645082.html">Culture Libre / French</a></td><td align="right">3</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/fri-kultur/paperback/product-22441576.html">Fri kultur / Norwegian</a></td><td align="right">7</td></tr>
+<tr><td><a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/lawrence-lessig/free-culture/paperback/product-22440520.html">Free Culture / English</a></td><td align="right">14</td></tr>
</table>
<p>The books are available both from Lulu.com and from large book
stores like Amazon and Barnes&Noble. Most revenue, around $10 per
book, is sent to the Creative Commons project when the book is sold
-directly by Lulu.com. The summary from Lulu tell me 10 books was sold
-via the Amazon channel, 10 via Ingram (what is this?) and 4 directly
-by Lulu. And Lulu.com tells me that the revenue sent so far this year
-is USD $101.42. No idea what kind of sales numbers to expect, so I do
-not know if that is a good amount of sales for a 10 year old book or
-not. But it make me happy that the buyers find the book, and I hope
-they enjoy reading it as much as I did.</p>
+directly by Lulu.com. The other channels give less revenue. The
+summary from Lulu tell me 10 books was sold via the Amazon channel, 10
+via Ingram (what is this?) and 4 directly by Lulu. And Lulu.com tells
+me that the revenue sent so far this year is USD $101.42. No idea
+what kind of sales numbers to expect, so I do not know if that is a
+good amount of sales for a 10 year old book or not. But it make me
+happy that the buyers find the book, and I hope they enjoy reading it
+as much as I did.</p>
<p>The ebook edition is available for free from
<a href="https://github.com/petterreinholdtsen/free-culture-lessig">Github</a>.</p>
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