I'd be happy to talk to you 1-1 on this, it's an area I know a fair bit about -- I work on Open Educational Resources (OER), which are basically resources, often textbooks, released with a CC license (that doesn't have the ND clause, for <reasons>) ... it's a biggish movement at the moment.
The short answer is: either self-publish with any tool you like (I use LaTeX because I'm a mathematician) and the post you book wherever you like, or if you want a more point-and-clicky publishing platform, you might look into Pressbooks. best, Jonathan On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 8:45 PM Jacob K via Drm-elimination-crew < drm-elimination-c...@defectivebydesign.org> wrote: > Hello ali, > > Since Denis suggested this might be a better conversation for the > Drm-elimination-crew mailing list, I decided to send this message there > too. Hopefully that's okay (I'm somewhat new to mailing lists so I'm not > sure.). > > One publisher I know of is Open Book Publishers [1]. I do not have any > experience with publishing books anywhere and have not bought any books > from them, but they offer physical books and ebooks which I think have > no DRM, and some of the books are libre. I considered buying a physical > libre book from there once, but the JavaScript, though arguably > free-licensed, did not have a link to source code, and I thought the > price might be more than I was willing to pay, so I never got around to > asking if source code was available. I was also unable to easily > download the ebook without JavaScript. > > Interestingly, I do not see this publisher on the DBD list of places to > get books. > > [1] https://www.openbookpublishers.com/ > > - Jacob K > > On 6/29/23 03:29, alimiracle wrote: > > hi > > I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to seek your advice > > regarding publishing my book without DRM (Digital Rights Management). I > > am considering releasing it under a CC BY-SA license and would like to > > inquire about the best platforms and appropriate licensing for this > > purpose. > > I believe in the importance of making my work accessible to as many > > readers as possible, allowing them to freely share and build upon it. By > > choosing a CC BY-SA license, I aim to promote an open and collaborative > > approach to knowledge sharing. > > I would greatly appreciate any guidance or recommendations you can > > provide on the best platforms or channels for publishing a book without > > DRM under a CC BY-SA license. Are there specific publishers or > > self-publishing platforms that you would recommend that align with this > > licensing choice? > > Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. I value your > > expertise and insights in this matter. I look forward to hearing your > > advice and recommendations. > > have fun and be free > > ali miracle > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Drm-elimination-crew mailing list > drm-elimination-c...@defectivebydesign.org > https://lists.defectivebydesign.org/mailman/listinfo/drm-elimination-crew > -- --------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Poritz's current contact information is always available at www.poritz.net/jonathan
