Public Domain Day 2022 - Center fo the Study of the Public Domain (Duke University)

Today as Panzer was tootling around in the Catosphere he heard clapping and cheering outside the Panzermobile. Following all the hullabaloo took our adventuresome kitty boy to the Duke University Center for the Study of the Public Domain. There he found a post about what materials are now entering the Public Domain.

 

According to the post by Jennifer Jenkins, on January 1 material copyrighted in 1926 went into the Public Domain. This material includes books of children and adult fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Also entering the Public Domain are sound recordings "published" before 1923. This material includes music and movies. The post has lists of some of the more famous books, movies and music which is now in the Public Domain. Entering the Public Domain means anyone can get, have, and share the material.

 

Humans will do anything for money.

Panzer says, "Just like when Sherlock Holmes went into the Public Domain, Amazon is going to be flooded with people publishing this "new" Public Domain stuff."

 

Note: This is a long, long post. Bring a thermos of cocoa and six muffins for today's reading.

 

To read the post tootle over to Public Domain Day

Make a Soundtrack to Your Book Using Booktrack - GalleyCat

Booktrack?

Panzer was over at GalleyCAT today.  He's been researching what's involved in adding music to an ebook.

My bad boy found a post at GalleyCAT that has a link to a YouTube video about Booktrack. It turns out Booktrack gives you the ability to add not only music, but sound effects to wherever you want in your ebook.

Our traveling cat captain took the Panzermobile over to  the Booktrack site to check it out on his own. He learned Booktrack works with Google Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. (Sorry Internet Explorer users.) There are several links to tutorials for YouTube videos at the site to help you use the service.

If you want to read the GalleyCAT post about Booktrack, tootle over to
Make a Soundtrack to Your Book Using Booktrack - GalleyCat

If you want to jump right into the Booktrack site, tootle over to Booktrack.