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I sold a photo today! To a major publisher, even!
I'm genuinely amused at how it happened, but basically, a book cover designer for a major publisher did a mock-up using one of my photos on Flickr. The publisher and author dug the mock-up, so said designer e-mailed me to ask about getting the high-res version, and tell me to contact the publisher about usage terms. And that's "usage terms," as in, "how much money they are giving me for my photo."
One phone call later, and I'm several hundred dollars richer. It almost feels like free money, because all I did was post the picture on Flickr and let somebody else find it. Behold, the power of Teh Internets!
That does make me wonder what would happen if I were more aggressive about selling my work, though. I don't really know where to begin, there, but hrm...
In other news, Firefox 3 is nigh! I'm not normally one for posting graphical links on here, but I do hold Firefox pretty close to my heart, for a web browser.
And seriously, look at that mascot for Download Day. SO CUTE. It's making the Hello Kitty fiend in me go squee.
Good stuff, y'all! I'm out for now.
I'm genuinely amused at how it happened, but basically, a book cover designer for a major publisher did a mock-up using one of my photos on Flickr. The publisher and author dug the mock-up, so said designer e-mailed me to ask about getting the high-res version, and tell me to contact the publisher about usage terms. And that's "usage terms," as in, "how much money they are giving me for my photo."
One phone call later, and I'm several hundred dollars richer. It almost feels like free money, because all I did was post the picture on Flickr and let somebody else find it. Behold, the power of Teh Internets!
That does make me wonder what would happen if I were more aggressive about selling my work, though. I don't really know where to begin, there, but hrm...
In other news, Firefox 3 is nigh! I'm not normally one for posting graphical links on here, but I do hold Firefox pretty close to my heart, for a web browser.
And seriously, look at that mascot for Download Day. SO CUTE. It's making the Hello Kitty fiend in me go squee.
Good stuff, y'all! I'm out for now.
