The Public Domain Review

BenG · 03-01-2012, 11:32 AM

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The Public Domain Review aspires to become a bounteous gateway into this whopping plenitude that is the public domain, helping our readers to explore this rich terrain by surfacing unusual and obscure works, and offering fresh reflections and unfamiliar angles on material which is more well known.

With our curated collection of exotic scraps and marvellous rarities and comprehensively linking to freely distributable copies of works in online archives and from far flung corners of the web, we hope to encourage readers to further utilise and explore public domain works by themselves.

Catlady · 03-01-2012, 05:19 PM

Oh my goodness, those two quoted sentences are just downright painful to try to read!

DiapDealer · 03-01-2012, 05:35 PM

They do seem a bit forced, don't they?

carpetmojo · 03-01-2012, 05:41 PM

I gave up on curated .... I felt "over-earnested".

rkomar · 03-01-2012, 09:13 PM

Maybe that style is for filtering out those who wouldn't be comfortable with pre-1923 literature anyway.

speakingtohe · 03-02-2012, 02:56 PM

The wording is a tad pretentious but the site is very nicely done IMO. And the intentions are good.

Still it does seem to be aimed at the academia (who should be aware of this content already) and not the hoi polloi like me

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Helen

dreams · 03-03-2012, 02:25 AM

I checked it out and ended up watching some of the short Edison film clips.

The Enchanted Drawing (1900) was cute.

xg4bx · 03-03-2012, 04:09 AM

the blurb would be much improved with the insertion of the term 'rich creamery butter'.

Rob Lister · 03-03-2012, 05:39 AM

those blurbs are what happens when someone that can't write suddenly discovers a thesaurus.

k.i.s.s.

BenG · 03-03-2012, 08:24 AM

Nah, English majors talk to each other like that all the time.

Actually, I think they were just trying to be amusing.

03-02-2012, 02:56 PM	#6
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	The wording is a tad pretentious but the site is very nicely done IMO. And the intentions are good. Still it does seem to be aimed at the academia (who should be aware of this content already) and not the hoi polloi like me. Helen

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03-01-2012, 05:19 PM	#2
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,345 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Oh my goodness, those two quoted sentences are just downright painful to try to read!

03-01-2012, 05:35 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,549 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	They do seem a bit forced, don't they?

03-01-2012, 05:41 PM	#4
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	I gave up on curated .... I felt "over-earnested".

03-01-2012, 09:13 PM	#5
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	Maybe that style is for filtering out those who wouldn't be comfortable with pre-1923 literature anyway.

03-03-2012, 02:25 AM	#7
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	I checked it out and ended up watching some of the short Edison film clips. The Enchanted Drawing (1900) was cute.

03-03-2012, 04:09 AM	#8
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	the blurb would be much improved with the insertion of the term 'rich creamery butter'.

03-03-2012, 05:39 AM	#9
Rob Lister Fanatic Posts: 532 Karma: 3293888 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Virginia Device: Nook Simple Touch	those blurbs are what happens when someone that can't write suddenly discovers a thesaurus. k.i.s.s.

03-03-2012, 08:24 AM	#10
BenG Home Guard Posts: 4,729 Karma: 86721650 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Alpha Ralpha Boulevard Device: Kindle Oasis 3G, iPhone 6	Nah, English majors talk to each other like that all the time. Actually, I think they were just trying to be amusing.

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