Detail: I am grateful to the Internet Archive, Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks.net, Smashwords and some other
sources of public domain and commercial e-books for supporting the Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS), which is a good way to help turn $ 20 phones into little libraries and also let people bypass oppressive centralization.
Helen Sedwick presents From Alligators to Van Goghs: Little Known
Sources of Public Domain Images posted at Helen Sedwick's Blog, saying, «If writers and bloggers want to go beyond the Creative Commons in their search for public domain images, here is a list of other sources, including museums, federal agencies, and libraries.»
Not exact matches
Much like Unsplash, Little Visuals is a
source of high - resolution images in the
public domain and provided under a Creative Commons license.
The Hyperledger boss claims that the fact that they are developing in the
public domain dilutes the risk
of this: they are willing to be monitored, and the software is open
source.
It draws on the content
of the book The Handbook for the Postnatal Period, by Dr Diane S Speier, and will be constantly updated with new material based on the latest research and various
sources of information in the
public domain.
The
source said, «The huge sum
of money was not the only thing recovered from that building, although that is what has remained in
public domain since that EFCC operation.
While the image (s) are in the
Public Domain, NASA / JPL / MSSS requests that you credit the
source of the image (s).
While the images are in the
Public Domain, NASA / JPL - Caltech / SwRI / MSSS requests that you credit the
source of the image (s).
As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis
of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the
domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a
source for the proliferation
of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit
public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes
of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.
SB 1784 by Sen. Larry Taylor / Rep. Dan Huberty clarifies the definition
of «open -
source instructional material» to refer to resources that reside in the
public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that allows for free use, including courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, videos tests, software and other materials used to support access to knowledge.
There seems to be plenty
of public domain and creative commons
sources for those.
Amazon uses its own proprietary format, but a number
of Public Domain sources have them available in MOBI, which is the version you want if you have any model
of the Kindle.
A regular Toronto
Public Library OverDrive user, I'd like it to incorporate the full public domain collections of Gutenberg or comparable sources, for one - stop bookhunting on the one er
Public Library OverDrive user, I'd like it to incorporate the full
public domain collections of Gutenberg or comparable sources, for one - stop bookhunting on the one er
public domain collections
of Gutenberg or comparable
sources, for one - stop bookhunting on the one ereader.
Standard Ebooks is a volunteer driven, not - for - profit project that produces new editions
of public domain ebooks that are lovingly formatted, open
source, and free.
Since Stanza was released there have been several other eBook readers released for the iPod Touch allowing eBooks in many different file formats (including the ePub eBook standard) to be downloaded from any one
of the many
sources that have both free (
public domain) and commercial eBook titles.
Today we received an email from Hugh McGuire, the guy who started the fantastic LibriVox
public domain audiobook community (with many
of their
source eBooks coming from Project Gutenberg), announcing the launch
of his new audiobook company called Iambik Audio.
Go to the original
public domain source, as any adaptation
of a
public domain work may have a new copyright in it and may still be protected by copyright.
Free
public domain book PDFs: If you're interested in a
source for over 19,000
public domain books that you can access for free in several different formats, hundreds
of volunteers have been working for a few decades on Project Gutenberg.
While much
of the content is currently in the
public domain or
sourced from the company's other site, Daily Lit, a different model is underway in which classics are paired with contemporary content.
A large percent
of the Kobo ebook library is mainly open
source or
public domain books which they give away for free or charge very low amounts.
We have pictures
of the 7 inch tablet
sourced from its commercial that is not in its video form yet though has managed to reach the
public domain.
Of course, Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain and available from such sources as Project Gutenberg, but now Simon & Schuster is launching a complete edition that has the benefit of professional editin
Of course, Sherlock Holmes is in the
public domain and available from such
sources as Project Gutenberg, but now Simon & Schuster is launching a complete edition that has the benefit
of professional editin
of professional editing.
ThoughtAudio is another
source of free audiobooks using
public domain texts.
We really like it for converting books downloaded from other
sources, like Project Gutenberg, which has tonnes
of free reading material in the
public domain, or Humble Bundle.
The Tsunami
of Crap I see as potentially problematic in the short term is the new trend
of book spam, where it goes beyond just not to your tastes and edited poorly but is in fact just content farmed from
public domain or just undefended
sources.
But there are already over 900,000 e-books available in the Amazon Kindle store, plus literally millions
of public -
domain e-books available from multiple
sources.
It currently offers more than 200,000 open
source and
public domain books to readers, many
of which are original and exclusive to the ebook site.
Project Gutenberg is one
of the oldest
sources for
public domain books on the Web.
Feedbooks is a great
source of free ebooks from self - published authors (apart from
public domain classics).
There is also a vast reservoir (1.5 million - plus)
of free
public -
domain works (primarily books published before 1923 whose American copyrights have expired) available from a variety
of sources.
If you prefer to get e-books from other
sources in addition to Amazon (for example, Project Gutenberg has thousands
of free,
public -
domain classic e-books), and if you're the type
of person who likes to organize and back up all your computer files, you may want to consider downloading the free program Calibre.
Google is also a great
source of music sites offering creative commons,
public domain, and royalty - free music.
In addition to preparing the manuscript itself, he added an extensive selection
of photos and graphics from
public -
domain sources, as well as a «Further Reading» section.
Freda comes with a number
of classic
public domain titles displayed on the homescreen and it includes links to several online
sources, including, among others, Project Gutenberg, Feedbooks and Smashwords, where users go to select free ebooks to download them into their app collection.
Of course, there are the free
public -
domain classics from
sources like Google, Project Gutenberg, ManyBooks, and FeedBooks.
EPUBed
public domain titles have arrived in Sony's ebook store, courtesy
of Google, earning their catalog a deserved — if slightly dubious — claim to the title
of the «largest
source for...
This is a popular catalog
of public domain ebooks,
sourced from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive.
As noted in section 3 ISk is the only framework via which the uninitiated
public can interpret and judge the many competing claims and alleged uncertainties, the often obscured loyalties
of information and funding
sources, plus all the other
domain complexities associated with a scientific theory or discovery that becomes socially contentious.
A word
of caution: You should always identify the
source and copyright status
of a given work, especially if you suspect it is in the
public domain.
Take, for example, HathiTrust, an initiative to provide «long - term preservation and access services for
public domain and in copyright content from a variety
of sources ``.
Our team
of analysts review more than 1,000
sources daily, including a full range
of public domain data, such as government databases and publications, corporate statements and websites, marketing and press releases, academic publications, conference publications, industry associations and interest groups, and specialist as well as general media.
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) reports — The result
of thorough interrogations performed against a comprehensive range
of public domain information
sources (recognising that a single
source isn't sufficient), employing human investigatory abilities to deliver a written CDD report on a target subject in any language.Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reports — Specialist investigation delivers a highly detailed and customised Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) report with reference to clients» requirements and direction, and specific focus on red flags identified at the CDD level.
You want a copy
of the
public domain music but ABC Library insists you sign an agreement to not further reproduce or digitize the sheet music (their reason apparently is a desire to remain the exclusive
source for the music in an effort to obtain funding for them to digitize their entire unique collection; alternatively, the library also seems to indicate, without providing details, that the donor
of the print sheet music has placed restrictions on the use
of the sheet music).