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Your photography book is one of a kind. It deserves to be printed in acid-free 50lb library-edition paper – similar to those of board books if they are in full color. What could be the best way to honor your hardwork by publishing them and turning them into book form?

Xlibris is one self-publishing company who practically has everything an author requires whether your book is going to be in full color or black and white. The company has been in business for over a decade already to know what they are doing.  They have programs that have all the inclusions that will turn your book of poems into book form.

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How to Copyright Your Photos

When you are publishing a picture book or a book of photos, it is just highly recommended that you consider getting a copyright. Copyrighting is similar to getting a license to post your photos and give you free reign to do whatever with it.

Getting the copyright for your photos in your picture book will require a few suggestions. Although some photographers include a copyright notice in the footer of their photo, these sometimes go unnoticed and even not validated by many as legal. Even if they overlay their notice with a watermark, there are rules to consider when one tries to copyright0

How to Properly Copyright Your Photos:
1.    Place the copyright symbol: ©
2.    Never miss placing the year, or more precisely the date of your photo’s publication
3.    Include your professional photography business name

Ex:
Copyright © 2009 Gianna Photography

KINDS OF RIGHTS:

“…The present law drops the renewal feature except for works already in the first term of statutory protection when the present law took effect. Instead, the present law permits termination of a grant of rights after 35 years under certain conditions by serving written notice on the transferee within specified time limits…”
- U.S. Copyright Office

1.    Exclusive Photo Rights – The buyer is guaranteed exclusive rights to your material. No other vendor or publication could use your images. This exclusion could be further defined in a specific market, product sector, or geographical location. Certain flexibility could be negotiated to grant you more leverage. Example: A major wedding magazine wishes to exclusively purchase the rights to your image to be used for their summer magazine cover. You are prohibited from selling your image to any other competing online or offline wedding-centric publications. However, you may still sell your images to another market, such as a greeting card company.

2.    One Time or Lease Rights – Your photo may be licensed for usage for a certain period of time, or a predefined number of usages.

3.    Electronic or Online Media Rights – Your photos may be included in electronic format (CD, DVD), or be displayed on an online media website. You may wish to embed digital metadata in your photos. (for related info on metadata, refer to article: Protect Your Privacy When Sharing Photos)

4.    Print Rights – Your photos may be published via traditional print media or publications.

5.    All Rights – You surrender all rights to your photos permanently, or for a specified duration.

6.    First Rights – This is similar to obtaining a One Time Right to your photo, but the buyer often pays extra to procure the privilege to be the first to feature your work.

7.    Transfer Rights – Under special circumstances, you can transfer the copyright of your image to someone else. Be on the lookout for such hidden clause in certain client contracts, and stay vigilant on copyright renewals. The U.S. law currently only covers copyright transfer ownership rights for 35 years:

8.    Work for Hire – Your photos belong to your employer, either automatically, or declared in contract. If you agree to a Work for Hire clause, negotiate to your best ability to balance the loss of your photography copyright ownership.

In most parts of the world, including the U.S., Canada, EU countries, and Japan, you are automatically granted copyrights to your photos. However, the nonprofit Creative Commons offers six default licenses as an alternative to full copyright so you can choose the one that best suits your needs. Source: Flickr.

Remember that you can only copyright images that you own. This means you can’t copyright images that you’ve taken from somewhere else! Additionally, just because an image does not have a Creative Commons license attached to it, doesn’t mean that it is public domain.

You can actually get free information about publishing your photography here.

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