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After last week's meeting, things can only get better right? Today I was delighted to find a box in my mailbox at school. When I opened it, I found two AWESOME books!
I had been contacted several months ago on Flickr and was asked for permission to use one of my photos on a kids book about insects. I was told that I'd be given photo credit and a copy of the book for allowing them to use the photo. I wrote back and said that as a teacher I'd be happy to give them permission, and then jokingly said that if they made a million dollars, I'd like 1%. The publisher wrote back that they couldn't give royalties, but how about TWO copies of the book. :) What a deal- I made TWICE what everybody else did.
They recently contacted me saying that the books were just about done and that they needed my address to send me my copies. The book arrived today, and I'm totally excited. Not only do I have my two copies of a book with my picture in it, but the book is TOTALLY COOL!!! This is a book that if I saw it while walking into Borders, I'd stop and pick it up and would probably end up buying. Not only are the pictures in it really great, it has cut-outs in their own little "envelopes" on eight of the pages so that you can assemble your own 3-D bugs!
The book really is lovely. Check it out! :) They haven't been released yet, but you can pre-order on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Insects-Explore-Forests/dp/1607100932/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265064495&sr=8-7
I had been contacted several months ago on Flickr and was asked for permission to use one of my photos on a kids book about insects. I was told that I'd be given photo credit and a copy of the book for allowing them to use the photo. I wrote back and said that as a teacher I'd be happy to give them permission, and then jokingly said that if they made a million dollars, I'd like 1%. The publisher wrote back that they couldn't give royalties, but how about TWO copies of the book. :) What a deal- I made TWICE what everybody else did.
They recently contacted me saying that the books were just about done and that they needed my address to send me my copies. The book arrived today, and I'm totally excited. Not only do I have my two copies of a book with my picture in it, but the book is TOTALLY COOL!!! This is a book that if I saw it while walking into Borders, I'd stop and pick it up and would probably end up buying. Not only are the pictures in it really great, it has cut-outs in their own little "envelopes" on eight of the pages so that you can assemble your own 3-D bugs!
The book really is lovely. Check it out! :) They haven't been released yet, but you can pre-order on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Insects-Explore-Forests/dp/1607100932/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265064495&sr=8-7