August 2010

Using Halloween Public Domain Content On Micro Niche Blogs

The big Holiday Season is coming… as it does every year. And every year I have missed out on an increase in income because I didn’t have any holiday websites or blogs.  This is the year I am trying to right that wrong.
The problem has always been directly related to Public Domain content.  The only [...]

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Where Can I Find Public Domain Content For My Blog?

We recently got an email from who want’s to start writing about Politics and also Faith Issues:
“I am an experienced unemployed radio news editor who is
just trying to write online. I want to write on various topics including politics and faith issues to start making money. Please advise what you would do in this situation.”
Given [...]

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When U.S. Public Domain Magazines Enter The U.K. Public Domain

Got this comment / question from my friend April on my “Popular Mechanics” Magazine – 30 Years Worth of Back Issues In The Public Domain article….
Hi Logan,
I know I should be able to work this out for myself with your flowchart for the UK, but as “Popular Mechanics” is a periodical I’m not sure how [...]

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Public Domain Author Spotlight: H. Rider Haggard, Adventure Novelist

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925) was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential. 
Haggard is most famous as the author [...]

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Public Domain Author Spotlight: Orison Swett Marden, Self-help Guru

Orison Swett Marden (1850 – 1924) was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner.
Marden was born in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire to Lewis and Martha Marden. When he was three years old, his mother died at the age of 22, [...]

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17 Great Online Resources For Public Domain Comic Book Research

Every now and then, (actually, more often then I should admit!) I pack a lunch and head off into Public Domain comic book land.
Seriously, I could spend a lifetime doing nothing but researching and republishing Public Domain comic books and still not even come close to exhausting all of the possibilities.
I have several websites that I [...]

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When U.S. Works Enter The U.K. Public Domain

A few weeks ago I released an article here on the Public Domain Treasure Hunter Blog called, “Republishing U.S. Public Domain Works In The U.K.”…
I’ve update the article heavily so if this is an area that you are interested in, I recommend giving it another read.
Honestly, assessing the U.K. copyright status of a U.S. published [...]

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WorldCat – A Simple Yet Very Effective Tool For Tracking Down Public Domain Books In Your Niche

I was helping a friend track down some Public Domain books for what at first appeared to be an elusive niche (for Public Domain stuff anyway) when I asked her if she had been to WorldCat yet to start compiling a list of relevant Public Domain suspects.
She kind of gave me a puzzled look and said, “World what? [...]

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Plagiarism, Ethics, And The Public Domain

I’ve had a few questions regarding plagiarism and the use of Public Domain material over the past few weeks. The question of whether republishing Public Domain material without giving credit to the original author (or even claiming authorship of the material yourself) constitutes plagiarism is certainly worthy of being the topic of its own article.
As examples [...]

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