We all need a smack in the head sometimes! Creating a new information product can be very simple.
You just need a quick public domain checklist to get you going.
Creating a digital product using Public Domain content is even easier than creating one from scratch… just follow a few simple steps.
Instead of paying for PLR ebooks that are flooding the market… why not create your own one-of-a-kind product by using copyright free content?
6 Easy steps (Multiple steps are within each of these simplified steps) to write your first online public domain information product:
1 Find a profitable niche – maybe something in the cooking niche?
2 Find a quality public domain work – plenty of public domain recipes are available!
3 Create your e-book with a tight micro-niche focus such as “whole grain breads, cookies and cakes”
4 Purchase hosting and domain name
5 Create your website
6 Market your product!
The second task – finding quality public domain books and magazines- to use for your new product can be a bit tricky.
You have to know the “rules” of the public domain game.
Anything published in the United States “before” 1923 is considered copyright free and “In The Public Domain”.
If you stick to work published before 1922 – you are safe to use anyway you like.
If you find something you really want to use and it was published after 1923 – it could still be copyright free. You will have to learn the tricks of searching copyright status. It’s not hard – and it doesn’t take much time… but you still have to know where and how to look.
We have a Free Guide to help you learn all about researching copyright:
Public Domain Content Research
You will be able to find Public Domain books on eBay.com and other well known bookseller websites!
Once you have the book or books, you can either scan it yourself or hire someone to scan it for you.
Outsourcing is really key to getting books scanned and ready for publishing. Scanning isn’t hard – but it does take a lot of time. Search for book scanning sites and hire someone who can do this for you. In the long run, it will still be cheaper for you than hiring a ghostwriter and it will save you time as well.
When you’re done, simply put together a quick website and begin marketing your new public domain information product!
By using this quick Public Domain Checklist you will see how easy it is to profit from the public domain.
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Is material published in the Internet Public Domain even though the material has come from books published after 1923?
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Logan Reply:
November 7th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Hi Mary,
“Is material published in the Internet Public Domain even though the material has come from books published after 1923?”
There’s a lot of possible answers to this question and the answer would depend on the specifics of the situation but I’ll give you a scenario and you can tell me if it’s close to relating to your question.
Let’s say a person took a book published in the U.S. between 1923 and 1963 and…
This book was NOT renewed for copyright protection 28 years after publication…
Then under U.S. Copyright Law this book would be in the Public Domain.
Let’s then say that this person posted the book somewhere on the Internet.
The original content of this book will always be in the Public Domain.
If this same person added additional original material to the book, then this additional material would be protected by copyright but NOT the original Public Domain parts of the book.
Once in the Public Domain, always in the Public Domain.
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