April 2010

How to Research the Copyright Status of a Book

When seeking U.S. published works in the Public Domain, there is a gray area from 1923 to 1963 where the book may or may not be in the Public Domain. To determine if a book with a copyright in that date range is in the Public Domain and freely usable, take the following steps.
Some background [...]

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How to Use Alibris to Find Public Domain Books

The very best way to be sure the materials you are using are truly Public Domain is to go right to the original published book. But finding an original source book can be quite difficult. Alibris makes it much easier.
What is Alibris?
In their own words:
“Alibris connects people who love books, music and movies to thousands [...]

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Seven Profitable Ways to Use the Public Domain

When it comes to the types of Public Domain projects you can create, the limit is really your imagination. Lets look at seven different ways you can use Public Domain materials to build an income stream…

You can republish a Public Domain books as is. You can either physically print it or offer it in electronic [...]

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The Interlibrary Loan Program – A Public Domain Goldmine

Anyone who has more than a passing interest in using Public Domain resources in their business has run across the problem of finding a particular out of print book that is in the Public Domain.
You may have searched your favorite places looking for a used copy – eBay, AbeBooks, Alibris, Amazon – all to no [...]

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Public Domain Sheet Music At The Library Of Congress

There is a huge demand for Public Domain sheet music for a variety of purposes. Some folks use this music to create public performances – and with Public Domain materials, there are no royalty or performance fees to worry about. Others want to build collections of royalty free music to sell to product developers. Still [...]

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The Public Domain and Google’s U.S. Government Search Engine

Anyone working with Public Domain materials for any length of time knows that the U.S. Government is a treasure trove of materials that can be used without restrictions. Within it’s websites (and physical archives) you can find books, photographs, films, software, demographics databases and much more.
In fact, the vast majority of U.S. Government works have [...]

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Selling Vintage Prints From Public Domain Books and Magazines

This may be an article for one of your newsletters, a special report to sell or part of your next ebook – writing about the process to create a print or photo for from beginning to end for test marketing…
…the materials needed to print a print or photograph for the test market before mass producing [...]

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Feeding America: The Historic American (Public Domain) Cookbook Project

What could possibly be better than one really good Public Domain Cookbook?
How ’bout 76 of ‘em?!
Ever considered creating your very own Public Domain Cookbook publishing empire?
If so, here’s a very good place to start…
Feeding America: The Historic American Cookbook Project
This incredible collection of vintage cookbooks is well worth taking note of especially if you need content for [...]

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How To Extract Content From Google Public Domain Magazines

Last week, I found this great mini-article concerning odd motorcyle related inventions  in the above Feb 1921 Public Domain issue of “Popular Mechanics” on Google Books. This content is perfect for a project I’m working on…

I’ve had a few questions recently about how I am able to extract the article’s text out of the magazine since Google isn’t providing PDF download [...]

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“Popular Mechanics” Magazine – 30 Years Worth of Back Issues In The Public Domain

Everybody’s heard of “Popular Mechanics” magazine right?
It was (and still is) one of America’s greatest magazines devoted to science and technology. And with a tagline like, “WRITTEN SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT” – who can resist?
It was first published January 11, 1902 by H. H. Windsor, and has been owned since 1958 by the Hearst [...]

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