Photo to be Published

[Don Schaeffer]

[received by e-mail]

Dear DSchaeffer,

I am the editor of The Law Handbook, which is published annually by the Fitroy Legal Service in Melbourne, Australia. We are currently working on creating the cover for the 2009 edition and have discovered your fabulous photo of the old theatre in Winnipeg that was about to be demolished. We would love to use this image as the background for the front cover of the book , over which we would overlay an outline of the state of Victoria, and a photo of our community legal service here in Fitzroy - all abstracted. The book is approx. 1000 pages and is sold on a non-profit basis, with all funds from the book used to produce the book again the next year. The book has a very high reputation here in Victoria, and is used by all segments of the community, from those in prison through to law professionals. I would love to have your formal permission to use your photo for the book and for a marketing brochure to accompany the book. We would be happy to send you a digital version of the final artwork.

Best regards,
Carmen Harbour.
lhbeditor

[Frog]

Good job, Don!

[Asylum Steve]

discovered your fabulous photo of the old theatre in Winnipeg that was about to be demolished. We would love to use this image as the background for the front cover of the book...

Cool. Yeah, they're legit (it's actually Fitzroy Legal Service). I don't quite get the connection between your shot and Australia, but hey, if they like it, that's all that counts...

I guess what you have to decide is will you give them the rights to use it for free. I mean, it may be a non-profit publication, but trust me, I'm sure they do have a healthy budget for its production, and in my mind that should include a licencing rights fee for a cover photo.

But, sometimes we have to make these kinds of decisions (called a trade-out) in order to get our work published. I've done it quite a few times myself.

Make sure you show us the finished cover if you decide to let them use your shot.

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Frog and Steve. They found it on an open forum. Most of my stuff is found that way. I think they will acknowlhge it but I wont ask for payment. I'll definitley post what they did.

[AgingEyes]

Congrats, Don!

Yeah, I wonder why they want a photo of an old theatre in Canada myself.

[AmberC]

Congratulations!!! :thumbsup:

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Aging and Amber. I wonder too. I think the image is not place specific.

[uilq]

good job !!!

[Jason ON]

Nice. Something we all aspire to, I think.

[Alison]

That's wonderful Don!
I'd love to see the picture they are going to use. Would you be kind enough to share it with us please?

[panthrcat]

grrrreat news!!

[shootme]

Don, that's great well done, I'm from Melbourne so I'm very happy you are doing this.
Peter

[Don Schaeffer]

Actually they ended up not using it. The resolution was too low.