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Just thought I would throw this out, and see if anybody has had any previous experience with this company.
I dropped a picture into a contest on a site a few months back and forgot about it, until just the other day when I get a letter in the mail saying that my photo is now in the final round for the $1,000 prize, and they would like to use my picture in a coffee table/gallery book they are putting together. This will be published this fall the letter says, and they simply want to use my picture in it. They gave me the ISBN number for the book and everything. As far as copyright goes, they say that they will publish my name/photo title as under my copyright.
I just thought it was interesting, and wondered if anybody else had ever had any experience with them...
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Miami, FL | I don't know anything about the company itself, but it sounds like a popular little business-strategy that is run on things like photography, poetry, and the High School Who's Who list. The company gets a bunch of submissions, puts them all in a book, and makes their money selling the book to the submitters. You will probably get another letter soon that will inform you that you can buy a copy of this book for $50 or whatever it might be. The book itself will likely never see the light of day beyond those who submitted photographs. I could be wrong, but this is what it sounds like to me. Keep at it and you'll get something published where the first thing negotiated is your royalty...then you know you're in! 
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Bought the book, took about a year to get it & it's a piece of crap! It's so poorly put together I wouldn't even put it on my coffee table. The photos are very small. There are no categories, just a jumbled mess of photos. (See the photo I attached...my elephant seal pic is on a page with kid pics)
I'm not even sure anyone actually wins the $1,000.00 prize, but you'll be asked (repeatedly!) to attend an awards ceremony in DC where they'll supposedly display your photo...& they were charging alot of $$ to attend! (of course, if you can't make it they'll be happy to sell you a variety of awards with your name engraved on them! lol) | |
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