http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com Tips, Tricks, & Hidden Resources For Using Copyright-FREE Public Domain Content To Create Profitable Products Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:53:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/09/05/you-are-not-ready-for-the-public-domain/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/09/05/you-are-not-ready-for-the-public-domain/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 06:02:22 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=4883 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/09/05/you-are-not-ready-for-the-public-domain/feed/ 6 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/06/27/signatures-autographs-handwriting-analysis-in-public-domain/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/06/27/signatures-autographs-handwriting-analysis-in-public-domain/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:30:35 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=6517 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/06/27/signatures-autographs-handwriting-analysis-in-public-domain/feed/ 2 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/03/09/is-u-s-gov-stuff-safe-to-use-in-the-u-k/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/03/09/is-u-s-gov-stuff-safe-to-use-in-the-u-k/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:28:22 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=4864 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2011/03/09/is-u-s-gov-stuff-safe-to-use-in-the-u-k/feed/ 6 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/16/145-years-later-the-american-civil-war-is-still-big-business-on-ebay/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/16/145-years-later-the-american-civil-war-is-still-big-business-on-ebay/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 14:29:07 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8555 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/16/145-years-later-the-american-civil-war-is-still-big-business-on-ebay/feed/ 6 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/02/is-it-ok-to-use-googles-public-domain-books-for-commercial-purposes/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/02/is-it-ok-to-use-googles-public-domain-books-for-commercial-purposes/#comments Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:10:37 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8412 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/10/02/is-it-ok-to-use-googles-public-domain-books-for-commercial-purposes/feed/ 10 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/30/thomas-fisher-rare-book-library-digital-collections/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/30/thomas-fisher-rare-book-library-digital-collections/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:12:34 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8368   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… ________________________________________________ Anatomia 1522 – 1867 Description from [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/30/thomas-fisher-rare-book-library-digital-collections/feed/ 2 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/26/a-fun-way-to-promote-sell-vintage-public-domain-maps/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/26/a-fun-way-to-promote-sell-vintage-public-domain-maps/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:19:16 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8221 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/26/a-fun-way-to-promote-sell-vintage-public-domain-maps/feed/ 6 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/19/is-it-ok-to-use-public-domain-books-from-the-internet-archive-for-commercial-purposes/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/19/is-it-ok-to-use-public-domain-books-from-the-internet-archive-for-commercial-purposes/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:01:05 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8044 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/19/is-it-ok-to-use-public-domain-books-from-the-internet-archive-for-commercial-purposes/feed/ 18 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/10/st-nicholas-magazine-1873-1941-a-wonderful-resource-for-public-domain-childrens-stories-and-illustrations/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/10/st-nicholas-magazine-1873-1941-a-wonderful-resource-for-public-domain-childrens-stories-and-illustrations/#comments Sat, 11 Sep 2010 01:17:28 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=8007 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/10/st-nicholas-magazine-1873-1941-a-wonderful-resource-for-public-domain-childrens-stories-and-illustrations/feed/ 7 http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/05/why-would-anyone-buy-something-from-me-that-that-they-could-get-for-free-somewhere-else/ http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/05/why-would-anyone-buy-something-from-me-that-that-they-could-get-for-free-somewhere-else/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:25:40 +0000 Debra http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/?p=2921 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 [...]]]> http://www.publicdomaintreasurehunter.com/2010/09/05/why-would-anyone-buy-something-from-me-that-that-they-could-get-for-free-somewhere-else/feed/ 17