Customer Reviews

2010 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

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I have relied on these market books for years...they are up-to-date and provide all of the information that you need to approach galleries, greeting card companies, et al, with your art. In this latest addition I found two resources that I believe will turn out to be very valuable for me artistically in the months to come. Every artist who is striving to achieve more visibility, recognition, and sales should invest in this book every year.

There is A LOT of information packed in these books. If you are serious in your craft, the information in this book is handy but you will have to sift through what you can or can't use to your business. My recommendation is buy a year or two back or used condition; see how much you actually use the book. Most of the entries require work in themselves - and require money or your portfolio should be completed first.

Well Organized, with good advice articles added from professionals in the field. Information is divided by type of market, and the descriptions give contact information and the type of artwork they are looking for. Very helpful.

This book is useful for a young illustrator or designer starting out in the field. However it is not updated despite the fact that it was published for 2010. I bought this book mostly to find contacts to send my postcards. I compiled my list partly from this book and when I sent my postcards, many of the ones from this book were sent back due to inaccurate address or name. I also called a few of the numbers in this book that are listed only to be told that those art directors don't work there anymore.

To sum it up, if you plan on using this book to send postcards to art directors, be wary.

A book you can't do without if you are a serious artist with serious goals. I found licensing agents for my art that I could not find without the book...GOOD LUCK ~~Fine Art Originals by Laura Barbosa~~

If you're an illustrator or designer and need to promote yourself, this is one of the books you should always have on your shelf.

The 2010 Artist's Market is full of information for beginners, and some relevant topics for experienced illustrators and designers. When purchasing these volumes consistently year after year, the informational content gets a bit redundant, but the contacts are all updated.

I was looking for business contacts as a designer, and this book has some. Although in terms of contacts it seems to concentrate more on sources for illustrators than designers. Years ago this book used to be two -- one for illustrators and one for designers, it would be nice if it were that way again so as to offer more contacts for each field.

But for the exceptionally discounted price I got it here for new at Amazon, it was well worth it.

I was hoping for a little more detailed information on publishing syndicates and it had diddlysquat. The other information was fair but I wouldn't recommend it as the information is at a minimum. It was a waste of money and you would better spend your time searching on the internet.

I got this as a gift for my brother. He thinks it is very useful so I highly recommend it!

It seems like a pretty good reference book for an artist to market themselves.