Robert G. Earnestrobert@earnestphoto.com12/28/02 10:36 PM > > 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 Thanks Robert, Lea did give some great pointers to ask the distributor. Excellent you won a Louie. Steve
