Its both.
They put your picture in the book so that you'll buy it!
Yep, not an impressive thing, but if you want to be in a book...
They'll give out the prize to someone, they are required to do that
750 images * 69.95 is about $52,000
If the prizes are cash prizes, or if they are from
Sounds a bit like the junk mail I get all the time
saying "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU HAVE WON $10,000 is what
we will be saying if you are drawn our winner". Or am
I being too cynical. Sounds a bit suss anyway.
Jody.
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I received a letter in the mail yesterday from picture.com. Apparently (I
don't remember) I entered a photo in an on-line photo contest. OK after
returning to the site, I remember. The letter came in an envelope with a
window, through which I could see a thumbnail of my photo, Takhlakh Venus.
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, aimcompute wrote:
They wish to publish the photo in a book entitled "Frozen Highlights" which
is a classic coffee-table quality book, hardbound, with 750 "timeless images
in full color." The book is only $69.95 if I wish to purchase one at the
pre-publication price,
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From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Scam or Sham?
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1) If my photo was to be in the book, I naturally think I
deserve a free
copy, don't you? I haven't been paid anything for the photo
and there's no
guarantee that I will. After the two prizes li
aimcompute wrote:
They wish to publish the photo in a book entitled "Frozen Highlights" which
is a classic coffee-table quality book, hardbound, with 750 "timeless images
in full color." The book is only $69.95 if I wish to purchase one at the
pre-publication price, $59.95 each if I
From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, it's their contest. They get to set the rules. You get to
either play by them, or not play.
So you're saying I don't deserve a free book? :-)
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: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:24 PM
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Subject: Scam or Sham?
I received a letter in the mail yesterday from picture.com. Apparently (I
don't remember) I entered a photo in an on-line photo contest. OK after
returning to the site, I remember. The letter came in an envelope with a
window
That's another version of the old "Who's Who" scam. In this one, you
receive a letter saying that you have been selected for inclusion in,
oh, something like "Who's Who in American Engineering." They give you a
Bo sheet to fill out and send in, then let you know that you can order
your very own
This is one of those up to you kind of things. No doubt permission to publish went
along
with conditions of entry. Something in me tells me that the book filled with 2-3"
prints
from jpg cannot sell on the open market for $70. I certainly wouldn't pay it even if
one
of my images was in it,
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From: aimcompute [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:24 PM
To: Pentax Discuss
Subject: Scam or Sham?
I received a letter in the mail yesterday from picture.com.
Apparently (I
don't remember) I entered a photo in an on-line photo
contest. OK after
Deserving ain't the same thing as entitlement. Sorry, welcome to the real world.
Regards,
Bob...
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"In the carboniferous epoch
we were promised perpetual peace.
They swore if we gave up our weapons
that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed they
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From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
No, it's their contest. They get to set the rules. You get
to
either play by them, or not play.
So you're saying I don't deserve a free book? :-)
Yes, that is what I am saying.
Wi
aimcompute wrote:
Here's what bothers me about this: ... snip
My neighbor, a beginner but with the makings of a good eye,
entered a print one of these about a year ago, and he was
told his photo was selected for the coffee-table book. No prize.
I remember thinking at the time that it
permission to publish...
Tom C.
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From: "William Robb" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
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From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
What? :-)
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From: "Bob Blakely" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
Deserving ain't the same thing as entitlement. Sorry, welcome to the real
world.
Reg
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From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
Except I'm not giving permission to publish...
Hopwfully, they respect that.
William Robb
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t;Bob Blakely" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
snippety snippety
Knowing the name and address of the publisher is will tell a lot,
especially if the publisher tells you the number of copies in the initial
printing. If the num
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From: "aimcompute"
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
Except I'm not giving permission to publish...
Hopwfully, they respect that.
William Robb
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aimcompute wrote:
2) The book is 8 x 11,
H Must be a book for small coffee tables. :-)
-frank
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Tom,
On your offer to buy a 2x3 inch copy of 'YOUR PHOTO' published in an 8x10 inch 'BOOK'
for only $69.95...
Scam, Sham, and Spam if you ask me.
Regards, Bob S.
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They seem somewhat less interested in the quality of their book than the color of your
money...:-) Mark
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That cuts right to the quick Bob! Pretty astute!
Tom C.
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Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 2:16 PM
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Tom,
On your offer to buy a 2x3 inch copy of 'YOUR PHOTO' published in an 8x10
inch 'BOOK
Ha! I hadn't thought of that Frank.
Tom C.
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: Scam or Sham?
aimcompute wrote:
2) The book is 8 x 11,
H Must be a book
For the complete story, have a look at:
http://wind.wind.org/ilp.htm
This talks mainly about the International Library of Poetry, but it has
links to some photo sites at the bottom that are run by the same
company. Picture.com is one of them.
chris
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Holy shit, I just went to picture.com and looked at their publications.
They're popping out an anthology of winners once a week on average!
There's more than 50 books of "winners" from 2000 alone. Can you imagine
the money they must be raking in? Hey, I think I'm starting an
International
I "won" that contest too, even though I never remember entering it.
I'll give them credit, the mailing they sent me was very nicely done.
But I could still read between the lines, and determined this is a
"vanity" publishing scam. The photographer/snapshooter pays for the
privilege of getting
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