Will Free Books Sell?

January 24, 2003

The world's largest technical publisher is releasing a new series of computer books on the web…for free. It's the largest ever application of Open Source software principles to mainstream book publishing. Prentice Hall editor Mark Taub and series editor Bruce Perens explain the "share and share alike" business model to Bob.

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