tribal-warrior
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I have an image taken with my Panasonic G6 that demonstrates some interesting principles of physics in relation to water. Normally, I sell a lot of my photos through microstock agencies. However, the kind of image that I have doesn't seem to be all that common. I have found some other similar images but there doesn't seem to be too many of them. As such, it would be a shame to submit mine to the microstock sites and only get $1 or 25c for a sale. So I was thinking of contacting some science magazines and companies who publish science textbooks and sell directly.
My question is – would it be better to set my own price or ask them for their "pay rate"? I believe that with regards to a publication like a magazine or a book, there's some calculation you can work out based on the image reproduction size and number of copies published and that will determine the price. Then again, publishers might prefer to choose what they want to pay me.
My question is – would it be better to set my own price or ask them for their "pay rate"? I believe that with regards to a publication like a magazine or a book, there's some calculation you can work out based on the image reproduction size and number of copies published and that will determine the price. Then again, publishers might prefer to choose what they want to pay me.