The House of Capet, (French: Les Capétiens, la Maison capétienne), also called The House of France ruled the Kingdom of France from 987 to 1328 As rulers of France, the dynasty succeeded the Carolingian dynasty. The name derives from the nickname of Hugh, the first Capetian King, who was known as Hugh Capet and was [...]

First off, any apologies for the distinct lack of posts on here in an excessively long time. Real life getting in the way and such…Anyway, back to normality so will be posting a lot more in the coming months. As you may know, I am a great  believer in the potential of using public domain [...]

Bookplates, also refered to as ex-libris [Latin for "from the books of..."], are small decorative labels which indicate the owner of a book. They generally appear inside the font cover and often feature a motto, crest, or motif representing the owner. Their usage can be traced back as far as the 14th century however their [...]

I found these magnificent posters on the Library of Congress’ ‘Prints & Photographs Online Catalog’ They were commissioned by the Austrian government during World War One to encourage Austrian citizens to subscribe to various Kriegsanleihe or ‘War Loan’ schemes. These 2 posters are my favorites. The artist is Thomas Fasche – I find it interesting that posters [...]

Today I have been experimenting with the possibility of using a slideshow to display my images for an eBay listing. The reason I wanted to do this was that I have a new listing planned (a collection of books on the 1893 World’s Fair, Chicago) and I saved around 50 images to choose from for [...]

I often get asked where I get my ideas for subject areas for the public domain products I sell on eBay. Questions I always get asked when I show them what I’m selling are: Where do you get all this stuff from? How on earth did the idea for that come to you? You must [...]

I spoke in my last post about creating images to promote the sale of digital products online. If you are selling e-books, images templates or any digital media on cd’s which you produce yourself or you are selling digital downloads, you need a graphic ‘representation’ of your product. Is this misleading? There is a school [...]

If you are selling public domain / information products on eBay (or anywhere online) it is particularly important that your listing is attractive and appealing as possible. Often an information product is intangible – it could just be a digital download or a CD in a plastic sleeve. This is why you need attractive graphics [...]