
Dear Reader,
Welcome aboard the fifth issue of “Public Domain Treasure Hunter Magazine”, the only digital magazine exploring ingeniously creative and outrageously lucrative ways to profit from the public domain! This magazine is dedicated to exploring unique and little known ways to repackage and republish public domain material for fun and profit.
Have you ever stopped to consider the sheer amount of newspapers published worldwide in the last few centuries? Even in the U.S. alone the number is huge!
There were millions of newspapers published before 1923 and every one of them is in the public domain. Millions more were published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1963 with out timely copyright renewal.
Imagine this – a daily newspaper published in the U.S. between 1923-1963 would have its very first issue come up for copyright renewal 28 years later right?
The second daily issue would come up for renewal the day after that and so on and so on. Issues would be coming up for renewal every single day for the entire remaining run of the paper (at least until 1963 anyway).
The newspaper would have to have a dedicated full-time staff at the copyright office just to keep track of all the renewals and make sure every issue was renewed on time! Even keeping up with renewals for weekly or monthly papers would be extremely difficult to manage.

Also, it was common for newspaper publishers to believe that their papers didn’t have any commercial value after 28 years had passed.
The time, cost, and hassle involved with renewing combined with the perceived lack of commercial value, are the two main reasons why not many of the millions of newspapers published in the U.S. between 1923-1963 were renewed.
This is great news for us because it leaves behind a massive stockpile of newspaper content in the public domain for us to dive into and legally use as content for our own projects!
In this issue of “Public Domain Treasure Hunter Magazine”, we’re going to be discussing how and why you should be using public domain newspapers in your publishing business as a rich source of practically never ending content.
Here’s what’s in store for you in this issue…
- What Good Are Old Public Domain Newspapers Anyway?
- So What Can I Do With Old Public Domain Newspapers?
- Some Things To Watch Out For When Using Public Domain Newspapers As Content…
- What’s Public Domain? You Know The Drill…
- How To Find Tons Of Public Domain Newspapers Online…
This special double-sized issue is our little Christmas gift to you. We sincerely hope that you enjoy it and that you are able to take what you learn here and start utilizing Public Domain Newspaper content to enhance your own product creations.
From our families to yours, we wish you a warm and joyful Christmas holiday!
Warmly,
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Editors and Contributors, “Public Domain Treasure Hunter Magazine”
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Wow! What a Christmas present! Thank you Logan & Debra!
I have watched your site grow and it has taken off beautifully! Both of you really come together to deliver GREAT value to us loyal readers
I have found tons of interesting info from old newspapers to use on a few of my sites. It is truly amazing all of the neat things that can be found in them – whether you’re into old cars, history, projects, comics – whatever it is – you’re bound to find something of interest.
Be fore-warned – it is almost as easy to get lost flipping through virtual newspapers as it is to get lost surfing the web
Beth – The Public Domain Source´s last blog post..Digital Collection – photos, newspapers, documents +
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