Horses Past and Present, a book which can be reformatted to include horses of the present. This book talks to the history of England so portions could be used to create articles for horse aficionados.

Horses have been a part of our culture and lifestyle for thousands of years. The Native Americans used them for transportation, farmers used them to make crop harvesting faster and more productive, we race them and of course we ride them for pure joy and pleasure.

Much of our Equestrian culture came over on the boat from England. Horses Past and Present by Sir Walter Gilby and published in 1900 is available in the public domain.

The book includes a complete chronology from before the conquest to Queen Victoria. It’s a fantastic collection of the horse history in England including both work horses and show horses.

Horses Past and Present also offers a number of great images which can be used as part of your overall product or as an individual project. There are only about a half dozen images in the book so a coffee table book or calendar type product would need to be supplemented with other public domain images.

They’re easy to find, using the resources at archive.org you can search the images or other text with the keywords horse or equestrian. You can also find public domain magazines for equestrians and use the images and graphics there.

If you’re creating a book from Horses Past and Present consider creating a series of volumes. You could divide this particular book into several volumes and add more images.

Additional volumes can be created from public domain magazine content and other equestrian books in the public domain. Bring it up to date by hiring a ghostwriter to write about horse racing and work horses in 2000. You’ll have a complete history of horses. You can also visit horses in other cultures to broaden your theme.

Horse lovers are plentiful. Finding a product which appeals to them, provides value, is easy to market and costs little to create can be difficult. Use public domain content to meet the demands of your audience and your bottom line.

About The Author:

Debra Conrad is an online entrepreneur, information publisher, and author that has been using Public Domain material to create profitable products and businesses since 2007. She is also co-author of "The Public Domain Treasure Hunter's Survival Kit" available here. For more info Debra, click here.

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