How to Make Money With Works in the Public Domain
If you've ever wanted to publish an anthology, make a movie or sell self-help instruction manuals, there's no need to reinvent the wheel. Find your niche in the business of repackaging and reprinting public domain works. Today millions of forgotten masterpieces are just waiting for someone to take an interest in them again and make money introducing them to a new generation. Read on to learn more.
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Find a good list of what is and is not in the public domain. Look in the Resources section (below) to help you find such a list.
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Use works published prior to 1923. That's because they're free for everyone to use as they're in the public domain.
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Use materials from the years 1923 through 1977 if they were published without a copyright notice. Use works published from 1978 to 1989 that were never copyrighted and were not later registered. Find public domain works from other countries besides the United States.
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Search for books, plays, instruction manuals and posters about every subject imaginable in the public domain. Work with what you know, enjoy and are good at.
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Take a mini course from a reputable education center about Internet marketing and sales. This can save on reprinting costs.
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Buy a copy of "The Self-Publishing Manual, How to Write, Print & Sell Your Own Book" authored by Dan Poynter, an expert in the self-publishing field. This is a "paint by number" book for people who want to self publish.
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Be creative about the public domain business and have confidence in your abilities to do well in it. You'll find you don't need to read all the ebooks sold on the Internet today concerning how to "make it" in public domain publishing. Start digging and searching to find works people today are interested in learning more about. Repackage, market, resell those works to start and sustain your business.
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