Microstock is here for more than 10 years! Now everyone can sell own photos in agencies like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, Fotolia. Everyone can make money from own photos, vector illustrations, footage. There is innumerable websites with articles, instuctions and tips, how to do it (for example my sellinggraphics site). But did you know, that there are also paper books about it?
Here is an overview of books about microstock and making money from images:
The Editors of Photopreneur: 99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos |
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New Media Entertainment 2009, paperback 340 pages Packed with insider tips, practical strategies, and case studies, the editors of the successful Photopreneur blog (blogs.photopreneur.com) reveal 99 creative ways to make money from your photography. Each chapter reveals what to shoot, how to break in, and where to go to generate sales. Discover how to sell stock, approach galleries, host your own exhibition, earn with Flickr, shoot for social networking sites, create and market photo products, form joint ventures, upsell your event photography and much, much more. You can buy it here:
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Douglas Freer: Microstock Photography: How to Make Money from Your Digital Images |
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Elsevier Science & Technology 2008, paperback 224 pages Microstock photography provides both professional and amateur photographers an opportunity to diversify their income and expand their artistic visibility by turning day trip photos or photography portfolios into viable business investments. This book details the technical and commercial processes of the microstock industry. You can buy it here:
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Cliff Hollenbeck: Big Bucks Selling Your Photography |
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Amherst Media 2008, paperback 144 pages This updated guide to financial success for aspiring photographers helps them make the leap to earning a living as freelancers. Explaining how to handle the financial complexities of professional photography, this resource provides expert guidance on attracting clients, staying out of legal trouble, navigating the ins and outs of copyright law, and setting and collecting fair but competitive rates. Important advice is also included on how freelancers can handle tax preparation and deal with the threat of audits. New sections feature discussions on how freelance photographers can effectively market their work and how to capitalize on new digital technologies. Forms to help freelancers elevate their careers, such as model release contracts and copyright applications, are also included. You can buy it here:
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Michal Heron: Digital Stock Photography: How to Shoot and Sell |
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Allworth Press 2007, paperback 256 pages Digital Stock Photography equips photographers with everything they need to know to create digital stock photos that sell in today’s marketplace. From organizing a shoot to raking in the profits as the pictures sell and sell and sell again, all the steps are here: Capturing digital images, working with scans, digital delivery of images, evaluating equipment, organizing digital files, building an archive, and more. Thirty assignments, designed to reflect the latest trends in photography, provide readers with a blueprint for building a stock collection. Special sections explain how to market, negotiate and quote prices, and manage a business, plus obtaining model releases and protecting copyright. You can buy it here:
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Rob Sylvan: Taking Stock: Make money in microstock creating photos that sell |
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Peachpit Press August 27, 2010, paperback 240 pages As low-cost, royalty-free microstock agencies like iStockphoto, Shutterstock, Dreamstime, and Fotolia continue to attract attention, more photographers of all stripes are looking at how to make money online selling more for less. Enter Rob Sylvan, who has worked as an iStockphoto photo inspector for the last seven years. In his new book, Sylvan shares insider tips on how to shoot, edit, and tag photos so that they sell well, regardless of which microstock agency you’re using. Sylvan discusses using Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Adobe Camera Raw, and Lightroom to process and prepare photos for submission to stock agencies (readers need some form of software for editing). Sylvan starts by explaining what subjects are in demand and then shows readers how to get those shots with specific tips for shooting and editing food, people, nature, objects, animals, and more. He also outlines how to set up an effective digital workflow, which is key to making money in the high-volume, low-cost microstock market. As further proof that making money in microstock can be done, Sylvan features interviews with the most successful microstock photographers in the industry, who share their best inspirational and practical tips. By the end of this book, readers will look at their photos with new eyes, seeing shots from the viewpoint of prospective buyers, and shooting photos that sell. You can buy it here:
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Ellen Boughn: Microstock Money Shots: Turning Downloads into Dollars with Microstock Photography |
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Amphoto Books August 24, 2010, paperback 160 pages The booming young microstock industry has made it possible for amateur photographers – previously shut out of exclusive stock photography – to show and sell their images. Here, microstock guru Ellen Boughn offer expert advice to help those already using microstock to gain an edge, as well as introduce the millions of Flickr users obsessing with posting and sharing photos to the added bonus of dollars per download. You can buy it here:
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($16.49)There is more older books about microstock and selling graphics, but those are a bit obsolete, so I didn’t mention them in this list.
Did you read any book from the list? Can you write here some notes about them? I will order some mentioned books and once I read it, I will write some short review on this blog.
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