Finding Public Domain Materials On and Offline
There are several public domain websites on the Internet that offer nothing else except
public domain works. And, of course, there are many marketers (some famous and some
not so famous) selling public domain material. The most recent addition to this group was
Russell Brunson with his fascinating collection of ‘The Lost Files’. While this is an amazing
package, the problem is that of redundancy – the books have been on the market through
other public domain marketers for almost a year, and already have a lot of competition in
their niches.
Where to focus? Always keep an eye out for great content, but remember that anything
sold in a package is something the marketer thought they could make more money off by
selling to newbie marketers rather than work on it themselves.
One resource you should definitely look at is:
http://www.nichepd.com
This is a very useful package. In fact, there is even a free public domain work provided on
this website.
Other than public domain packages, there are dozens of online public domain portals. But
remember, if you don’t already have a great idea in mind (and thus a matching niche to
search in), you could spend a lot of time browsing through public domain works and
checking up on their profitability.
Many online marketers discount the actual hustle and bustle of searching for public
domain works in libraries and bookstores to be an unbearable burden, not only on your
daily time but also on your mental capacity. But hang on, is it really that difficult?
Considering that if you really find a good niche through your Internet research and the
possibility of profits is more like $1000 per month rather than $100 per month (as many
public domain packages by themselves as sold by the marketers end up generating),
wouldn’t you take out a few hours to go and find the right public domain resource?
In most cases you can find the right niche, find the book title AND conduct the copyright
research, all online. Then, if the work is available online, you can easily download it, or if
you have to look for it in libraries, then just call your local library or bookstore and ask – it’s
as simple as that.
Libraries and bookstores are a wonderful source of information, public domain or
otherwise. You can also get many business ideas just by browsing through the magazine
section of your bookstore, or going through the old books in the library.
Once again, contrary to what marketers will tell you, finding the public domain work is not
hard – you just have to know where to look.
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