The textbook market is a major source of income for many photographers, but it is also a niche given the kind of images it needs and the expertise often required to properly research a request. See where selling to this market is headed.
If you think the WEB is going to let you deal directly with clients and you won't need an agent any more, this story will give you some things to think about.
The battle for rights marches on with new information about the Tasini appeal and National Geographic.
Corbis has moved into the Royalty Free market with the purchase of Digital Stock Corporation. This move raises more questions than it answers, chief among them ''Where is Corbis headed?''
In this brave new world ''niche'' marketers as the big agencies focus selling to the advertising market and stop accepting the kinds of images that many ''niche'' users need.
This issue contains stories on NAFP Loses First Round To AP, Selling Individual RF Images, Subjects That Sell, Sales By Category, New ASMP Handbook, Time-Life Syndication, Rights Control and RF, Faulkner Sues Geographic, Annual Photographer Survey, New PACA Members and Estate Planning.
Estimates of the percentage of sales in dollars of images that are used in advertising, editorial or other broad categories in the U.S. and Europe.
Time-Life Syndication asks freelance photographers to sign a new letter of agreement formalizing existing arrangements for the resale of any images published in Time Inc. publications.
The National Association of Freelance Photographers lost the first round of their suit against Associated Press, but leaders plan to re-file and are optimistic about their chances for eventual success.
A new survey asks whether traditional stock agencies should begin offering royalty free licenses and it attempts to determine current income levels of stock photographers. PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE SURVEY.