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Public Domain Publishing
Welcome
Start Here (3:38)
Public Domain Publishing Worksheet
Course Forum - General Questions & Announcements
Student Question: Getting Rid of Hard Returns in a Text (7:33)
Student Question: Capturing high-res images from UFL site (9:29)
An Overview of the Public Domain and why to use it
What is public domain content?
My public domain publishing story
Reasons to pursue publishing...besides making money
Examples of how others are using the public domain
Example ebook files from my publications
Rules for Public Domain Content
What works are in the public domain?
How to know if a copyright was renewed (11:41)
Amazon's rules for public domain content
How copyright applies to works you republish or reuse
Non-US copyright rules
Finding and Choosing the Right Content
Finding content that's popular and relevant
Page Scans vs. Real Text (5:25)
Options for converting page scans to text
10 Amazing websites that supply public domain content
Guided Tour: Project Gutenberg (14:11)
Guided Tour: Archive.org (10:37)
Guided Tour: Library of Congress Rare Books (6:34)
Guided Tour: Christian Classics Ethereal Library (6:44)
Using Evernote to keep track of works for potential publication (7:38)
Craft Your Book into a Fantastic Offer
8 ways to add value and differentiate your offerings (19:26)
The value of collecting multiple works into one volume
eBook Publishing
Recommended Software
Ebook basics and an overview of how to sell them (44:46)
Selecting an Example Book: Things Mother Used to Make
Formatting Your Ebook in Microsoft Word (10:42)
Creating Ebook Files with Calibre (MOBI and EPUB) (15:40)
Testing and Reviewing Your Ebooks (3:45)
Posting an Ebook to Kindle Direct Publishing (13:44)
Posting an Ebook to Nook Press (6:44)
Posting an Ebook to Apple's iBookstore (9:27)
Understanding Price Matching: How to Make Your Kindle Book Free
Paperback Publishing with KDP (formerly CreateSpace)
An overview of Paperback Publishing
Example books and key terminology (8:20)
Creating your book's cover (6:56)
Creating your book's interior (12:05)
Setting up your paperback in KDP
Reviewing your book before it goes on sale
Paperback resources
Legal Notice
Legal notice and disclaimer
What is public domain content?
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