Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]...And yesterday they paid :-) I think this is my first direct sale ever (I have previously sold a few images through Alamy and the like). Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Aug 16, 2009, at 7:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Back in 2005, I posted this image among my PAWs: > http://www.nathanfoto.com/paw/2005/2005_47alt2.jpg > > The bridge is called Martinus Nijhoff bridge, and until a couple of > days ago I had no idea who this chap was. But now I know that he was > a Dutch poet. How do I know? Well, I received an e-mail from a > poetry publishing house in the UK: > http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com/ > > They told me they were going to publish a book of his poems, > translated into English, and wanted to know if they could use the > image for the cover, even enclosing a PDF showing what it would look > like. I replied that yes, they could use it but I was not giving > away my work for free. On the other hand, realizing that a book of > poetry by a Dutch poet is not exactly going to make JK Rowling worry > about being bumped off the bestseller list, I decided to propose a > symbolic fee of ?50 (license for this particular use only) and a > couple of copies of the book. They happily accepted, and the price > does not seem out of line when I look at Alamy for this type of usage. > > Nice people, and I even have a UK bank account to make it easy for > them to pay me :-) > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information