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## PhotoAIM weekly newsletter for 02/22/03 ## 389c

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PhotoAIM, the weekly newsletter from PhotoSource

International. <http://www.photosource.com> ==>

ISSN 1530-0511

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YOU AND THE LAW

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When You Publish That Photo Book

In most publishing contracts, including photography books, the author is required to create or assemble and deliver the content for the book, which has to be "satisfactory" or "acceptable" to the publisher.

The contracts should also have provisions for the publisher to notify the author of any problems, which should be susceptible to "cure" within a stated time period.

But, on occasion, the publisher will reject content, which the author believes is perfectly acceptable. In these situations, litigation will often ensue. Who will be victorious often turns on the reason for the rejection and the actual language contained in the contract.

A recent case, Chodas v. West Publishing Company, Inc., (9th Circuit Court of Appeals), is helpful to an understanding of how important a good contract can be to the author.

The plaintiff, an attorney, contracted with the publisher to write a legal textbook. The contract required that the atterney deliver a manuscript acceptable to the publisher "as to both form and content." If the publisher found any portion of the work unacceptable as to form or content, it was required to notify the author, who was given the opportunity to correct or cure the problems.

It was undisputed that the final manuscript submitted was of the highest standards. However, intervening events beyond the author's control occurred. Specifically, the original publisher was acquired by the defendant, which had a different view of the market place. The new publisher concluded from its economic projections that publication of this work would not be profitable and the book would not fit within its "current product mix." It was conceded that these were the only reasons for rejection and that the manuscript was otherwise acceptable in form and content as to the subject matter.

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This week's featured photographer on PhotoSourceFolio: Jim Baron:

(http://www.photosourcefolio.com)

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As a special service to our PhotoAIM subscribers, we provide you with a fresh, up-to-date list of photobuyers every month. Look for this list every third week of the month, to update or add contacts to your personal Market List.

CHANGES

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SARAH LONGACRE, Freelance Photo Editor, former e-mail: sarahL1234@aol.com ; current e-mail: slongacre@scholastic.com .

GIRL’S LIFE MAGAZINE (50 W 34th St #15A14, New York, NY, 10001) former contact and e-mail: Darrell Perry, Photo Editor, dperrygirlslife@yahoo.com ; current contact and e-mail: Karen Bokram, Editor Publisher, Karen@girlslife.com .

TURKEY CALL (National Wildlife Turkey Fed Inc, Edgefield, SC, 29824) former contact: Jay Langston, Editor; current contact and e-mail: Doug Howlett, Editor, doughowlett@nwtf.net .

SAILING MAGAZINE (125 East Main PO Box 243, Port Washington, WI, 53074) former contact and e-mail: Gregory Jones, Editor, sailing@execpc.com ; current contact and e-mail: Erin Schanen, Features Editor, erins@sailingmagazine.net .

AMERICAN RODDER (28210 Dorothy Dr, Agoura Hills, CA 91301) former company name and phone: American Rodder, 1 818 889-8740; current company name and phone: BUCKAROO COMMUNICATIONS, 1 805 986-0400.

CAR AND DRIVER (2002 Hogback Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48105) former phone and fax: 1 313 971-3600, 1 313 971-9188; current phone and fax: 1 734 971-3600, 1 734 971-9188.

MUSCLE CAR REVIEW (Box 7157, Lakeland, FL 33807) Company is out of business.

SUPER FORD (3016 Industry Blvd, Lakeland, FL 33011) Company is out of business.

PETTING ZOO PUBLICATIONS (1360 Monaco Parkway, Denver, CO 80220) Contact person Rebecca McEwen, Managing Editor. Former e-mail: petzoo@uswest.com; current e-mail: petzoo@qwest.net .

STANDARD PUBLISHING (8121 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45231) former contact and e-mail: Margie Redford, Editorial, mredford@standardpub.com ; current contact and e-mail: Elaina Meyers, emeyers@standardpub.com and Carrie Girton, cgirton@standardpub.com .

HISTORICTRAVELER.COM (6405 Flank Dr, Harrisburg, PA 17112) Contact person Sue Miller, Photo Researcher. Former e-mail: suem@cowles.com ; current e-mail: sue_miller@primediamags.com .

SOUTHWEST PARKS & MONUMENTS ASSOCIATION, Former company name address: Southwest Parks & Monuments Association, 221 N Court Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701; current company name and address: WESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION, 12880 North Vistoso Village Drive, Tucson, AZ 85737. Contact person Derek Gallagher, Director of Publications. Former e-mail: dgallagher@spma.org ; current e-mail: dgallagher@wnpa.org .

NATIONAL EXAMINER (5401 NW Broken Sound Blvd, Boca Raton, FL 33487) Contact person Linda Makel, Photo Editor. Former phone: 1 561 989-1013; current phone: 1 561 997-7733.

STOCKSOURCE, former contact, address, phone, fax and e-mail: Mary Gradinger, Photo Researcher, 400 Pacific Ave 2nd Fl, San Francisco, CA 94111, 1 415 445-9300, 1 415 445-0900, stocksrc@pacbell.net; current contact, address, phone, fax and e-mail: Julia Ahn, Photo Researcher, 740 14th St #442, San Francisco, CA 94114, 1 415 255-9701, 1 415 255-9564, Julia@stocksource.net .

HOTLINE PRODUCTS (345 Plato Blvd East, St. Paul, MN 55107) former phone and fax: 1 612 293-7068, 1 612 293-7511; current phone and fax: 1 651 293-7068, 1 651 293-7511.

ON-LINE

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Go "Wireless" With Your Digital Camera

Hooking up your digital camera to your computer can sometimes be a pain. And then when you do get it working, you've still got that cable to deal with. Add to that your portable digital music player, and you've got more cords and tangles. Here is one option: Card readers. Your camera may have even come with one. These readers let you pop in the memory card from your camera (or digital music player) instead of plugging your camera into the computer. Some readers are specific to one type of memory card; others can read different types, including those from PDAs. Here are some of those companies: Dazzle (www.dazzle.com/products/pccard.html), Imation (www.imation.com/en_US/product.jhtml?Id=IM_FAM196), and SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/consumer/pc_adapter.asp).

Happy (belated) 20th Birthday, Internet!

But like the gal born on Feb. 29, when is the Internet's Real birthday? Some say it was born on September 2, 1969, when two computers at UCLA were linked by a 15-foot cable and sent data back and forth. Others view January 1, 1983, as the birthdate, when 400 or so computers on the ARPANET switched to a new protocol called "TCP/IP," the protocol used by the Internet today.

Internet Shopping Continues To Grow

According to New York-based Jupiter Research, Internet shopping reached $30 billion last year, and is projected to reach $40 billion this year. And the five-year projection? $105 billion. That's a lot of bucks, but more importantly, it's a lot of lost tax revenue for the states that collect sales tax. With the economy the way it's been, states are mounting ever-larger campaigns to find ways to tax Internet sales. That's still kinda tough because the so-called moratorium on new Internet taxes won't expire until November 1 this year (unless extended again).

Bill Hopkins is the Webmaster of PhotoSourceFolio* (www.photosourcefolio.com) and a regular contributor to PhotoStockNotes. Send comments via e-mail to wh@photosourcefolio.com. Fax: 1 818 831-0916. For on-line marketing questions, contact Bill on the Kracker Barrel at www.photosource.com/board. *Display 6 of your own images for photobuyers to view, on your own page on the PhotoSource website.

THE #1 DESKTOP REFERENCE

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For Editorial Stock Photographers

I've recently revised and updated "Sell & ReSell Your Photos" (5th edition) with substantial help from working professionals Mike Karlsson and Bill Hopkins. This book is the photographer-tested "must-have" desktop resource for building and maintaining successful marketing methods to sell your stock photos. The new edition comes out in March <http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm>. It includes a wealth of additional marketing tips geared to today's climate; also address updates, adjustments for new tax aspects, and the latest information on use of computers and the Internet to increase your sales.

The core of marketing principles and methods as presented in the original edition still apply, and form the foundation for a successful marketing system for editorial stock photographers.

NOT TALENT ALONE

Many photographers fail to sell their pictures consistently, not because they lack talent, but because they lack marketing know-how. In more than thirty years of experience in photomarketing, and twenty years as publisher of the PHOTOLETTER, I have observed that in many cases photographers attempt to sell their pictures the wrong way around. They create the picture, then attempt to find a market for it. Instead, reverse the process. You first find your photo markets, in the areas you like to photograph, and then create for those markets.

"Sell & Resell Your Photos," both original and revised editions, shows you how to determine your markets, and provides you with a complete system for marketing pictures successfully -- by mail and the Internet -- opening up a wide world of buyers as close as your mailbox and computer. My book outlines how you bring your talents, interests, access, experience, geographic location, etc., to bear on selecting your markets, and I provide tested web/Internet delivery, mailing, packaging, pricing, and record-keeping methods that take the mystery out of dealing with photobuyers long distance.

I show the difference between a good picture and a good marketable picture, and teach you how to take pictures that photobuyers want but often can't find. I explain the advantages of placing a portion (and which portion) of your pictures with stock photo agencies (and which agencies). I also feature sections on self-promotion and publicity, pricing, copyrights, and tax savings.

You'll find many charts, checklists, and step-by-step information that will help you make the most of the markets where your photos will sell -- again and again.

The new edition will be in bookstores on March 1st, 2003 and on the Web at http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstore.htm. -- Rohn Engh

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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"Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box."

–Italian Proverb

FREE THIS WEEK

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Free graphics, animations, backgrounds, clipart, web templates, and wallpaper.

http://www.freegraphicland.com/

THIS WEEK'S WEB FEATURE

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Keep up with what you need to know in the editorial stock photo industry. Our newsletter PhotoStockNotes will put you on the leading edge.

http://www.photosource.com/psnintro.html

Watch for developments in the field of stock photography in PhotoAIM's

PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS

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Note: If the URL is long, it may extend to two lines. In that case - clicking on it won't work. Instead, "copy and paste" the URL.

AFP, Getty Working On Distribution Agreement - The deal, outlined by AFP chairman Bertrand Eveno at a February 13 staff meeting, includes provisions for sharing pictures. Getty would supply AFP with sports and entertainment photos in return for AFP's worldwide news coverage.

http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/#b

Want to buy a camera? Here are Camera Reviews written by Users

http://www.photographyreview.com/latestreviewscrx.aspx

Nikon Introduces More Reasons to Love Photography

http://www.newswire.ca/releases/February2003/18/c1144.html

Photographer class becomes digital - The hot red chili pepper seems to jump out of the black-and-white hand and background in senior Paul Martin's picture. Some of the pictures are just naturally beautiful. Others get their beauty through the magic of digital photographic manipulation.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=7077516&BRD=1332&PAG=461&dept_id=414366&rfi=6

Joplin Globe photographer witnesses downtown shooting - Brown was on his way back to the Globe office, located on 4th Street and Virginia, after a previous assignment when he noticed a man running at the intersection of Main and 9th streets. He then noticed the man had a gun.

http://www.kode-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1134908

Couples shoot for right photographer -Couples looking for a wedding photographer must decide exactly what they want and communicate that to their prospective photographer in the contract, or risk paying a lot of money for photos they don't like.

http://newsnet.byu.edu/story.cfm/42278

World Press Winners Announced

http://www.pdn-pix.com/news/#a

Fujifilm Unveils Its Latest ''Smart Solutions for Tomorrow'' at PMA 2003 - "Ubiquitous imaging will allow users to create beautiful high-resolution images anytime, anywhere, under any conditions, simply by pressing the shutter - and get prints of those images anytime, anywhere," said Yasuo

"George" Tanaka, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc.

http://investor.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-20868843-0.html

Photographer caught on camera in poor position - The portly photographer was going about his business as usual at the Scotland-Ireland match when comedy struck. A long clearance went over the touchline, towards the running track, then . . . straight into Gibbo's nether regions.

http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/sport.cfm?id=205472003

L.A.-Based Photographer Wins Photo Prize A black-and-white image of a boy clutching his dead father's trousers after a devastating earthquake in Iran, taken by Los Angeles-based Armenian photographer Eric Grigorian, won the World Press Photo of the Year 2002 award Friday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030215/ap_on_en_ot/world_press_photo_5

Are Creatives' Print and Web Opportunities Closing in on Each Other Again? Sixty-one percent of creatives see "collateral print projects" as a sales opportunity, compared to 44% that see "Web page design" as a sales opportunity.

http://www.trendwatchgraphicarts.com/fastfacts/fast206.html

A Job Scam, - turns out the job really had nothing to do with photography at all

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kpix/20030129/lo_kpix/5662

Ex-priest convicted of assaulting photographer

http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/02/19/priest.assault.ap/index.html

Bourke-White's Early Photos Shown in D.C. - Best known as a pioneering woman photographer for her harrowing shots of World War II, Margaret Bourke-White shows a different facet of her talent in an earlier time - commercial photos from plow blades to women peeling onions at a soup cannery.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030215/ap_on_re_us/pioneering_photographer_4

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