MicrostockGroup Sponsors


Author Topic: Photographers Guides  (Read 1996 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

steheap

  • Author of best selling "Get Started in Stock"

« on: July 14, 2010, 14:37 »
0
This is slightly off the topic of stock sites, but is perhaps an interesting way to monetize some of our images. I recently spent a week in Warsaw, and had many walks around the old town with my camera. Of course those images are now on-line at the main stock sites, but I thought it might be interesting to create a short Photographer's Guide to Warsaw with a street walking guide and images that you are likely to see. The plan is that I would sell it as an e-book for downloading and printing prior to a visit. Getting it high up on Google wasn't hard (not much competition!), but it made me think that perhaps other members of this group would be interested in creating such books and we collaboratively sell them.

I have created a web site (to be on www.e-photoguide.com once the internet changes take effect). It is presently under an old domain of mine http://www.backyardbengal.com. The actual Photography guide itself is linked from the main site to my blog, and there is an example file (the first 3 pages) available on the site as well.

There are two possible business models - one which works as the site does now - the link goes to the owner of the guide and they sell it, or a second more complex version would require the addition of a shopping cart, contracts etc. and I operate the site making payments to the authors in much the same way as a stock site does.

I'd be interested in any thoughts on the format of the guide itself to photographers like yourselves, and whether you think there is a market to create and sell these guides. This is obviously a market where we could do much more together as I can't do more than a handful of guides on my own.

Steve


« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2010, 16:30 »
0
I don't think the guides you describe would be as effective or popular as Nancy Chandler's guides to Chiang Mai and Bangkok for example;

http://www.nancychandler.net/product.asp?cId=11&case=b

Great use of graphics and stuffed with information. Being as they basically consist of a single piece of paper, somewhere between A2/A3 size folded down to A5 they must be incredibly profitable. They've been around for years too; I'm surprised Nancy hasn't expanded her operation to cities outside of Thailand.


 

Related Topics

  Subject / Started by Replies Last post
20 Replies
13253 Views
Last post April 30, 2008, 01:20
by Seren
21 Replies
15289 Views
Last post July 01, 2006, 02:10
by fintastique
27 Replies
13074 Views
Last post March 28, 2008, 19:19
by fotoKmyst
189 Replies
59387 Views
Last post August 05, 2009, 14:26
by puravida
3 Replies
2629 Views
Last post January 26, 2010, 17:24
by Brian O'Shea

Sponsors

Mega Bundle of 5,900+ Professional Lightroom Presets

Microstock Poll Results

Sponsors