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woody649 · 12-29-2021, 06:47 AM

I think you are selling your rights too cheap.

Look at on-line sites that make stock photos available, such as Shutterstock, Depositphotos, or Dreamstime.

Oops -- looks like Shutterstock has shifted to a subscription-only basis. It used to be possible to buy rights to use an individual image, but that no longer seems possible.

I don't remember what on-line service I was looking at the other day, but I was looking for images for possible use on a book cover. I found one I liked that was priced at $545, which would have given me the right to use the image without paying royalties.

The other approach involves royalties, and I don't know how that works for photographs.

BTW -- The NRDC is a "non-profit" in name only. They have very deep pockets.

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12-29-2021, 06:47 AM	#2
woody649 Member Join Date: Mar 2021 Posts: 272	I think you are selling your rights too cheap. Look at on-line sites that make stock photos available, such as Shutterstock, Depositphotos, or Dreamstime. Oops -- looks like Shutterstock has shifted to a subscription-only basis. It used to be possible to buy rights to use an individual image, but that no longer seems possible. I don't remember what on-line service I was looking at the other day, but I was looking for images for possible use on a book cover. I found one I liked that was priced at $545, which would have given me the right to use the image without paying royalties. The other approach involves royalties, and I don't know how that works for photographs. BTW -- The NRDC is a "non-profit" in name only. They have very deep pockets.