Another Tip for Finding Your Photos - Page 2

pixart · #11 (**permalink**) 05-11-2008, 12:20 AM

Hey Karin, thanks for the tip. I "likely" found one too. I blogged about it... you don't mind me mentioning your name in my blog do you?

Microstock Junction: Photos in Action

Do you guys actually buy things when you find your shots in them? I bought a blanket last Christmas with one of my pics on it - crap blanket - but I just about hollered when I looked down and there it was on a shelf in Walmart.

I think maybe once you get your first item the novelty wears off, so I don't think I'll be ordering this book, but my kid is on a book cover that is coming out sometime this month - the publisher said they'd send a couple comps but I'd likely would have paid for a copy since he's on the cover.

Karimala · #12 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 09:11 AM

Congrats, Lorraine!

Gotta love it, huh?

I've bought a few of the books...just depends on what it is. I gave one to my nephew for his 6th birthday...it was a book of sudoku puzzles for 2nd graders and there was a photo of his daddy and grandpa running in a 5K race together. Couldn't pass that one up, and he absolutely loved it!

And being a fan of travel books, I bought one with my photo of Lake Tahoe. And I couldn't resist the book by Martha Stewart's floral designer...haha! Nice show-off piece. Some of them are really expensive though, especially the textbooks, but one of them I'll give to my son for his birthday, because there's a photo of him swimming in it.

I kind of look at the books as a collection I'll pass onto my kids someday. I have some articles my great-grandfather wrote about doing business with the local Native American tribe's chief in Astoria, Oregon, during the late 1800's-early 1900's and love pulling them out and reading them on occasion. I'm hoping the books I collect with my photos will be something my grandchildren and great-grandchildren can also enjoy as little pieces of family history.

mattb · #13 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 08:20 PM

Another great place to looks is google books. (books.google.com)

My name is way to common but it should work good for some of you.

louoates · #14 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 11:56 PM

Thanks Mattb. I found one of my photos on the Google search. It was used as a cover photo on Terrorism:
The State and Terrorism: National ... - Google Book Search

e-person · #15 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by louoates

Thanks Mattb. I found one of my photos on the Google search. It was used as a cover photo on Terrorism:
The State and Terrorism: National ... - Google Book Search

Pity it wasn't one of your self portraits, though. It would have shown a carreer pattern: from steroids to terrorism.

Karimala · #16 (**permalink**) 05-13-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mattb

Another great place to looks is google books. (books.google.com)

My name is way to common but it should work good for some of you.

Thanks, Matt! Forgot about that one. That's how I discovered Amazon's search to start with.

Found one more book that Amazon didn't pick up, too...a nice regional seafood cookbook from the Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.

I also forgot O'Reilly - Safari Books. It's only a publisher, but I've found books there that weren't on either Amazon or Google. O'Reilly - Safari Books Online - Search Results