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Q&A How to protect my idea/design to re-publish a public domain book?

I found a public domain book that has never been re-published and I wanted to include illustrations with the book. If I submit manuscripts to publishers, how can I protect my idea? What if they jus...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Syp-writer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:49:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/29462
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Syp-writer‭ · 2019-12-08T06:49:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
I found a public domain book that has never been re-published and I wanted to include illustrations with the book. If I submit manuscripts to publishers, how can I protect my idea? What if they just use their own illustrator and take the book themselves from public domain? Is there anything I can copywrite? Or trademark? Such as, the authors name, the book title, or characters?

I hope this makes sense and appreciate all the help with this.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-07-30T20:48:27Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 3