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Not bad but there are better and more up-to-date

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I bought this book to read on holiday. It is an easy read and quite informative. However, it is already outdated and I would say that these books do need updating every 2-3 years. It doesn't go far enough into the digital equipment required nowadays and size of images, shooting in RAW format etc. The author makes it sound like a breeze to sell stock and images to other users. It isn't. Standards are high and for every image you send in there are probably 20-50 others of similar images and better quality. That said the book is a good introduction and does give a broad overview. Ok it promotes the authors own work too much and it would have been nice to see more cases studies of other photographers, ie those just beginning to shoot stock and more established shooters but the book fills a gap. I would say you are best buying the most up-to-date book on the subject if you want to learn. Stock photography is ever changing and a period of 4 years, when this book was last published is a very long time.

Absorbing reading...but needs updating for the digital age

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Not being an avid bookworm I usually never get to the end of a book. But this book proved an exception. It covers all the different markets for photographs including stock for picture libraries. Individual sections deal with varies types of photograph and there are ample illustrations of the types of photographs that sell. To provide a more balanced view the book is interspersed with sections containing practical advice from professional photographers. A good book as an introduction to the types of photograph that sell. From a conceptual point of view this book delivers what it says on the cover. But...it was first published in 2001 and is almost totally based on film based photography. Having said that it is worth noting that many of the markets suggested in the book probably still require images from large format film rather than digital. In summary, good for a novice wanting to explore what photographs might sell, but clearly not up-to-date for the digital age.

Out of Date

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Whilst the content of this book relating to the title is still valid the areas of the book which are probably of most interest readers - internet based stock image libraries - is horribly out of date in this book; in fact they barely get a mention. The same problem applies to the coverage of digital photography in general. This book is in dire need of an update! There are many more up to date books on Amazon covering this subject in fresher, applicable detail. Some are even released on an annual basis. Until this book is updated, you'll see a much better return on your money from looking elsewhere.

About Time ...	Customer Rating:
.... for an updated edition, Mr Frost !! I am hoping that the second half of book is more useful. This book brings to light how much the digital age has moved on, leaps and bounds, since 2001. Had I read the other reviews, I don't think I would have bought this book, silly me !

Digital Photography - It'll never catch on

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There are two parts to this book, one (the largest) is very useful and details the subjects that sell and is complemented with examples, expert advice and technique tips, the other part deals with how to sell your 35mm slides (huh?). OK so there's a chapter dealing with digital photography, but this was written in 2001 and has not been updated since; so there are references to 1GB disk drives and 2.7 Mega-pixel cameras. It also states that it is probably not worth investing in a digital camera yet, of course it then gives no specific advice on how to sell digital images, which is what I was looking for. This book would require substantial updating before I could recommend it.