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Contents 1 The Top 20 Books on Peer to Peer 1.1 On Peer Production in general 1.1.1 On Free and Open Source Software production and philosophy specifically 1.2 On P2P Governance 1.2.1 On P2P Management and Leadership 1.3 On Political and Social Change 1.4 On P2P Culture 1.5 On P2P Economics 1.5.1 Books Recommended by Dave Pollard on Ecological and community-based economics: 1.6 On P2P Spirituality 2 Other Recommended Books 2.1 Practical How To Books 2.2 Also of note 2.3 Online Books, including books-in-progress 2.4 Older Classics that are available online 3 Full Directory

The Top 20 Books on Peer to Peer

On Peer Production in general

1. The Wealth of Networks. Yochai Benkler.
2. The Success of Open Source. Steve Weber.
3. Democratizing Innovation. Erik von Hippel.
4. Wikinomics. Don Tapscott.
5. From Production to Produsage. Axel Bruns. (see the article on Produsage)
6. Here Comes Everybody. Clay Shirky.

Also:

1. The Pirate's Dilemma. Matt Mason.
2. Capitalism 3.0. Peter Barnes.
3. Hacking Capitalism. Johan Soderbergh
4. The Long Tail. Chris Anderson.
5. The Wisdom of Crowds. James Surowiecki.

On Free and Open Source Software production and philosophy specifically

1. The Success of Open Source. Steven Weber.
2. The Cathedral and the Bazaar. Eric Raymond.
3. Open Life. Henrik Ingo.
4. Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software. An MIT reader, 2005
5. Hacking Capitalism. Johan Soderbergh.
6. Decoding Liberation

On P2P Governance

1. The Future of the Internet - and how to stop it. Jonathan Zittrain on protecting a free and Generative Internet
   1. The Success of Open Source. Steven Weber on the governance of open source communities

On P2P Management and Leadership

1. The Myth of Leadership. Jeffrey Nielsen.
2. The Hacker Ethic. Pekka Himanen.
3. The Play Ethic. Pat Kane.

On Political and Social Change

1. The Hacker Manifesto. McKenzie Wark.
2. Cyber Marx. Nick Dyer-Whiteford.
3. Protocoland The Exploit: How Control Exists after Decentralization. Alexander Galloway et al.
4. Gramsci is Dead. Richard Day.
5. Code 2.0. Lawrence Lessig.

On the political implications of the hacker and free software movements:

1. Johan Soderbergh: Hacking Capitalism
2. Decoding Liberation
3. Christopher Kely. Two Bits, on the strategy of Recursive Publics
4. Abstract Activism. Otto von Busch and Karl Palmås.

Also:

1. The Coming Dark Age: recommended!
2. Theory of Power. By Jack Vail.
3. Momentum. Allison H. Fine
4. Garden World. Doug Carmichael.

On P2P Culture

1. Smart Mobs. Howard Rheingold
2. The Play Ethic. By Pat Kane.
3. Hacker Ethic. Pekka Himanen.
4. Knowing Knowledge. George Siemens.
5. Open Culture and the Nature of Networks. Ed. by Felix Stalder.
6. Slow Living. Wency Parkins and Geoffrey Craig.
7. Understanding Knowledge as Commons. Eleanor Ostrom et al.

On P2P Economics

1. Christian Siefkes: From Exchange to Contributions: alternative proposal for an effort-sharing/task-auctioning based system of organizing the economy

Books Recommended by Dave Pollard on Ecological and community-based economics:

1. Herman Daly on Steady-State Economics
2. Roger Douthwaite's Short Circuit, a blueprint for a community-based economy
3. Thomas Princen explains why we need to evolve to a Logic of Sufficiency
4. Peter Brown: The Commonwealth of Life

On P2P Spirituality

1. Participatory Spirituality - A Farewell to Authoritarian Religion. By John Heron.
2. Digital Dharma. Steven Vedro.

Other Recommended Books

Practical How To Books

Future of Web Video

Wireless Networking in the Developing World

Momentum (guide for social activists)

Also of note

The Ascent of Humanity

The Alphabet versus the Goddess

Ambient Findability

The Participatory Mind

The Spiritual Imperative

Three Ways of Getting Things Done

Online Books, including books-in-progress

Gamer Theory

LETSaholic Twist

Participatory Spirituality - A Farewell to Authoritarian Religion. By John Heron.

People and Participation

We Are Smarter

We Think. Charles Leadbeater.

Winning by Sharing

Older Classics that are available online

The Natural Economic Order. By Silvio Gesell.

The New State. Mary Parker Follet.

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While by no means identical to the P2P Foundation approach, this booklist on left-libertarianism is of interest, as it refers to traditions aiming to marry liberty and equality.

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3 30 Lies about Money A Abstract Activism Access Denied Access Principle African Digital Commons After Capitalism Against Intellectual Monopoly All Rise Alphabet versus the Goddess Alternative Internet Alternative Pathways in Science and Industry Ambient Findability Anarchist in the Library Architecture of Authority Architecture of Resistance Army of Davids Art of Free Cooperation Ascent of Humanity Authenticity Axel Bruns on Produsage B Babylon and Beyond Back in the Box Beyond Civilization Beyond Civilization - The New Tribalism Beyond Discipline Beyond Our Control Beyond Plutocracy Big Switch Biobazaar Blogging America Blue Gold Books on Internet Radio Born Digital Brands Brave New War Breaking Barriers Building Consensus Building Sustainable Communities C Capitalism 3.0 Cathedral and the Bazaar Challenging the Chip Change the World Without Taking Power Charles Leadbeater on We Think Chris Anderson on the Emergence of Free Christopher Kelty on Free Software as Culture Christopher Kelty on the Culture of Free Software Citizen Marketers Citizen Stake Civic Life Online Civil Corporation Class of the New Clay Shirky on Here Comes Everybody Co-Creation Connection Co-creating Health Services Co-production Code Code 2.0 Coding Cultures Coercion Cognition in the Wild Collaborate to Compete Collaborative Learning in the College Classroom Collaborative State Collapse of Complex Societies Collective Book on Collective Process Coming Dark Age

C cont. Coming of Age Common Thread Commonwealth of Life Communities Dominate Brands Community Companionism Connected Marketing Connecting Conservative Nanny State Consumer Guide to Virtual Worlds Convergence Culture Cooperation - Nouvelles Approches Cooperation Works Coordination Theory and Collaboration Technology Copy South Dossier Copyright in Historical Perspective Copyrights and Copywrongs Corporate Organization - Bibliography Corporation Corporatized Cosmos and Psyche Costs of Living Cracking the Code Cradle to Cradle Craftsman Creating a Life Together Crowd of One Cult of the Amateur Culture of the New Capitalism Currency Reform - Books Cutting Edge Cyber Marx Cyber Protest Cybersounds Cyberspace Romance D Dancing in the Streets David Korten on The Great Turning David Weinberger on Everything is Miscellaneous Decoding Liberation Deep Economy Democracy 2.1 Democracy and Deliberation Democratizing Innovation Deschooling Society Devices of the Soul Difference Different Universe Digital Dharma Digital Ego Digital Fabrication Primer Digital Korea Digital Literacies for Learning Digital Media, Youth, and Credibility Digital Person Dismal Science Divine Right of Capital Do It Yourself Douglas Rushkoff on Corporatism Dream Politics Dreaming Code E EGaia Ecological Economics Ecology of Commerce Ecology of Games Economic Democracy Economic Democracy: The Political Struggle for the 21st Century Economics of Attention

E cont. Economics of Happiness Economy of Esteem Electric Meme Emergence of the Relationship Economy Emerging Churches End of Control End of the Line Endgame Energy Autonomy Ethical Economy Book Project Ethically Challenged Professions Everything is Miscellaneous Everyware Evolution's Arrow Exploit Extreme Democracy F FAB FOSS - Open Content Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making Fan Fiction and Fan Communities in the Age of the Internet Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers Final Empire First Democracy For-Giving Foss Licensing Primer Free as in Freedom From Counterculture to Cyberculture From Exchange to Contributions From Production to Produsage From Science to Emancipation From Sun Tzu to Xbox Frontiers of Freedom Future Of Music Future of Higher Education Future of Money Future of Reputation Future of Web Video Future of Work Future of the Internet Future of the Internet and How to Stop It G Gaian Democracies Gamer Theory Garden Planet Garden World Gatewatching General Theory of Collaboration - Bibliography Gift Gift Relationship Gifts of Athena Giving Knowledge Away for Free Giving Knowledge for Free Global Brain Glut Going Local Google and the Myth of Universal Knowledge Googlization of Everything Governing the Commons Grammar of the Multitude Grammar of the Multitudes Gramsci is Dead Great Turning Greed and Good Green State Gridlock Economy Guide to Open Content Licenses H Hacker Ethic Hacker Manifesto

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