Customer Reviews

2005 Photographers Market

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This is indispenable if you plan to sell your photos. Very comprehensive information. A must have for anyone really serious about photography.

I am a freelance writer/photographer and use the Writers Market for my articles. This book is as valuable to the photographer as the writers' book is to an author. A new channel for your work since everything you do is protected by copyright. Great to use during slow seasons.

This book is the most definitive and reliable guide on the subject. It has, if anything, become even more user-friendly and comprehensive over the years.

This is a great book, to start your business. However, a major drawback is the entry in this book mostly of North America. Alright, that will be OK for starting as this is a very big market. But it is very competitive as well. I'd like to see the international entry grows more, much more in the future editions.

Second drawback --at least to my personal approach, it is hard to choose one company only by looking at the entry in this book. it's just not enough. I need to see their publication and their style, their choice of photos, etc in it. by knowing these, I can feel which one is suitable to my photography. A visit to their website is helpful but not suffice, let a lone by the description of what kind of subjects they accept. One term of "nature" for example has a very broad interpretation and varies from company to company. I found the interpretations are as many as your imagination and only a fraction fit my photography.

Simply sending submissions to the "fitted" company is a suicide in terms of cost, especially for int'l photographers.

Maybe it is only me who experience this, I don't know. but that is. Nothing can substitute of examining the company products first-hands and from time to time. Once again, this issue is important for int'l photographers reside outside of North America.

Despite these drawbacks, the book is very well written and must be very useful for many photographers

This book gives you lots of useful information not a lot of bull! I would recommend to all

I gave this book to my daughter who is a photographer. She just loved all the information available on selling her photographs.

Helps you really see the different areas that you can send your work into!

A great help!!