Steve, Lea's points are well worth considering. From my own experiences, the last card I licensed to a greeting card company was to Palm Press in Berkeley California. It was published in their "Contemporary American Photographers" series. I was paid 5 cents for every card printed and in addition to receiving a specified number of cards for free I was entitled to purchase additional cards at a reduced price for my own use. Although the arrangement didn't pay much in the end, they were indeed useful. They were fun to send out to people and as they were seen around the world, the image became widely known. The problem with all this notoriety is that the subsequent sales were diminished. Where as I might have made a good deal of money leasing the image through a stock agency, the image reached a saturation point with the public and no one wanted to use it any more. But I did win a Louie. Your decision. r Stephen Buckman wrote: > > He has been in the greeting card business for 52 years and has been one of > the judges for the Louie awards which give out an award for the best > greeting card of the year. > > Thanks for the help > > Steve
