Public Domain Fairytales Product Ideas
We’ve all listened to or read fairytales as children. Fairytales can be traced back to ancient Egyptian civilizations in 1300 B.C. However you might be more familiar with Grimm’s Fairytales or even Aesops Fables from 6th century B.C. or perhaps your favorites are the old Arabian Nights stories from 1500 A.D.
The point however is that many popular fairytales are available in the public domain.
The abundance of folk tales, fairy tales and even fables lends itself quite nicely to repackaging and reselling. For example, an ancient collection of Russian fairytales could be easily repackaged and resold. An entire website could be devoted to ethnic fairytales or ancient European fairy tales.
Public Domain Reprints.org/search offers a quick and easy search tool for public domain books to reprint and a quick search for “fairytales” resulted in four pages of available public domain books. That’s not the only source. Archive.org also offers a wealth of opportunity.
Free Public Domain Fairy Tales website… has a huge collection of digitized fairy tales ready for you to publish yourself. Just some of the authors include: tales from The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales, Arabian Nights.
Fairytales don’t have to be written. Some of these public domain books offer magnificent images which could be collected to create a children’s calendar, picture books, or even a coffee table book.
Fairytales capture our imagination in a way that no other genre can. It brings back youthful memories and touches our whimsical side. It gives children an appreciation for a good story and when shared with a family member or a loved one creates memories which will last a lifetime.
