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You Are Not Ready For The Public Domain

This is a really old email that Logan (my old partner got) and his “blunt” answer.  It’s pretty funny… and yet right to the point.  Have a good read:
Contact_reason: just want to know how can i use public domain into my blog content.. what are the steps that i should know? FIY I don’t want [...]

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Signatures – Autographs – Handwriting Analysis In Public Domain

Hancock

Did you know that people love to learn how to analyze handwriting?
I didn’t either.
I knew that there is a “science” to this art… and that some people have jobs analyzing handwriting ~ but I didn’t know that so many were interested in learning how to analyze handwriting “Just Because” they could.
Signatures and Autographs also [...]

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Is U.S. Gov Stuff Safe To Use In The U.K.?

Hi, I have so many ideas but as a complete newbie I am finding it very hard to know where to start and how to go about actually implementing them. I also have big problems trying to focus on one thing.
I have found some federal government stuff I would like to use  but am not [...]

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145 Years Later, The American Civil War Is Still BIG Business On eBay…

I love eBay!
I opened my very first eBay account in 2001 and I’ve always been very pleased with the results I’ve gotten by leveraging the auction giant in my business. Despite the many changes in policy (some good, some bad) and fee structures over the years, I still believe that eBay is one of the [...]

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Is It OK To Use Google’s Public Domain Books For Commercial Purposes?

A couple of weeks ago, while gathering material for my article, “Is It OK To Use Public Domain Books From The Internet Archive For Commercial Purposes?”, I remembered an article I had bookmarked several years ago regarding Google Book Search and the “Usage Guidelines” that are ever present in the front matter of the Public [...]

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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library – Digital Collections

 
This Public Domain MEGA-Hidden Treasure is brought to you by our friend J. Arthur Davis of ArtReproServices.com.
This is one awesome collection of Canadian History (not to mention a rich source of Public Domain stuff)!
The portal site can be found here but you can find more info concerning the individual collections here…

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A Fun Way To Promote & Sell Vintage Public Domain Maps

My good friend Bob “Spurs” Jackson, aka “Action Jackson”, aka “OmahaGuy” is doing something really cool with vintage Public Domain maps and has kindly given me permission to share his story here.
My hope is that you’ll find inspiration in this story and realize that no matter what life hands you – you can prevail, you [...]

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Is It OK To Use Public Domain Books From The Internet Archive For Commercial Purposes?

If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time at all, you’ll know that The Internet Archive is one of our most favorite online resources of Public Domain material, particularly books.
The Internet Archive is awesome and I spend waaayyy more time there every week then I should but that’s another story…
We get asked [...]

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St. Nicholas Magazine 1873-1941 – A Wonderful Resource For Public Domain Children’s Stories and Illustrations

St. Nicholas Magazine (1873-1941) was a successful American children’s magazine, published by Scribner’s beginning in November 1873, and designed for children five to eighteen.
The magazine was edited by Mary Mapes Dodge—remembered for Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates. Its major competitor in its field was the well-established The Youth’s Companion which had been published since [...]

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Why Would Anyone BUY Something From Me That That They Could Get For FREE Somewhere Else?

A friend asked me a question yesterday that really made me stop and ponder a few things…
This question reminded me of some issues I had to deal with very early on in my career as an information marketer. As someone with an interest in using Public Domain content to create products, you may have pondered the answer [...]

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