@goblingua I don't actually want give up _all_ rights to my works - I just want to make them more accessible and available.
Basically, my books have two parts - the actual translations of German folk tales, which I am releasing under a Creative Commons Zero license ("releasing something into the public domain" is not possible as such under German law), and my added notes and commentary, for which I retain full rights.
Thus, I am looking for an #OpenAccess model rather than #PublicDomain . However, if anyone wants to use the translations themselves in their own projects, they are free to do so - and quite a few people have done so already:
