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		<title>How to Sell Photographs to Magazines</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freelance Photographs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographs differ in subject, as do the magazine cover stories. The range can be vast &#8211; politics, sports, entertainment, disasters, technology, social concerns, food, cuisine, fashion, comical situations, serious concerns, health, education or nature, all things great and small. The scale and focus could also be different &#8211; local to state, national and international, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photographs differ in subject, as do the magazine cover stories. The range can be vast &#8211; politics, sports, entertainment, disasters, technology, social concerns, food, cuisine, fashion, comical situations, serious concerns, health, education or nature, all things great and small.</p>
<p>The scale and focus could also be different &#8211; local to state, national and international, or rural or urban, or glamor or plain and truthful reporting. There exists a place for every slot and every setting. It is therefore essential for you to understand the market for your work. After knowing your market, it is much easier to find potential customers for your work.</p>
<p>First, compare and assess your work</p>
<p>Before approaching suitable magazines, first study the photographs already published in the magazines that are relevant to your category of work. Make an honest comparison of the work you want to submit to those magazines. After an impartial assessment, if you feel your work is as good as the work published, then you are ready to approach the magazines.</p>
<p>Care to be taken while submitting your work</p>
<p>Write or send a mail to the magazine&#8217;s photo editor giving a brief idea of your work. Give the details of your website in your mail, if you have one. It is easier for the photo editor to visit the site and view your work. While sending photographs by post, attach a stamped self-addressed envelope to ensure return, in the case that it is not accepted.</p>
<p>The monetary aspect</p>
<p>The money offered for accepted work depends upon the magazine management. There are well-paying ones and also lower-paying magazines. However, sometimes there is a general structure of fees common between several magazines. If they place your shot in the cover page, you will get paid the most for your photograph. The double center spread is a close second.</p>
<p>The points to look for, while sending your work:</p>
<p>It is in your best interest not to send your work to any other magazines after selling it to one magazine. If you get caught for doing that, it is likely that you will lose the magazine as your customer permanently. Also, understand some basic things such as the copyright laws. Whenever you click a photograph, it carries your own copyright. Generally, the custom is that a magazine can publish a photograph for one-time use. Therefore, if they are publishing the same photograph twice in a period of five months, you must be paid by them again, the second time.</p>
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		<title>Things You Need to  Know about Natural Women&#8217;s Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Book and Magazines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Health Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Natural women&#8217;s health should be a key component of any woman&#8217;s health regimen. Natural women&#8217;s health is a lifestyle that involves eating low-fat, unrefined, foods that do not contain preservatives. In addition to this, a natural health regimen should include taking natural vitamin and nutrient supplements. Preserving your body with natural methods is especially important [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Natural women&#8217;s health should be a key component of any woman&#8217;s health regimen. Natural women&#8217;s health is a lifestyle that involves eating low-fat, unrefined, foods that do not contain preservatives. In addition to this, a natural health regimen should include taking natural vitamin and nutrient supplements. Preserving your body with natural methods is especially important to women, who are more prone to a number of forms of cancer.</p>
<p>Natural women&#8217;s health focuses on taking care of women&#8217;s needs and ensuring that the hard working women of today are well informed and made aware of the risks that do exist from not taking care for you.Natural women&#8217;s health is also about sharing practical advice on the issues that women are constantly dealing with on an everyday basis.</p>
<p>If you are a woman looking to improve your health, you should consider perusing some natural health literature, such as natural women&#8217;s health books and natural health magazines. These books and periodicals will help you as a woman to understand why certain foods are good; in addition, they will help you get the daily inspiration you will need to follow your natural health regimen.</p>
<p>The natural women&#8217;s health magazines will also help you make the right life choices to ensure that your body is able to function and repair injuries cleanly, so you can ward off cancer before it begins. The natural women&#8217;s health will also inspire you to reach for all your goals. As you alter your diet and begin a vitamin regimen, you will notice an increase in your energy levels and the clarity of your thought process Your life will be so much better as you learn how to take care of your immune system.</p>
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		<title>Finding a Book Using Online Bookstores</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for improving your gaming skills by reading some of the best books on professional gaming that are around? That is a good idea, but, and as you may have already noticed, it is easier said than done. What do you do then? How do you know which book suits you? And if you even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looking for improving your gaming skills by reading some of the best books on professional gaming that are around? That is a good idea, but, and as you may have already noticed, it is easier said than done. What do you do then? How do you know which book suits you? And if you even could figure that out, how do you know the book is worth anything? Many of the authors are pros, but, then, you can also easily land up on amateur writers who are just trying to make a buck. Exactly for this, we have compiled a list of five practical suggestions to help you.</p>
<p>Reviews and Opinions Matter.</p>
<p>One of the most interesting methods of screening authors and books is by reading what other readers have to say about those literary objects. Look up one of the many forums online that focus on books and either ask a direct question or read what others have said. The reasons for doing this is that for every book you can read reviews from different sites. Do this and you are reducing the chances of reading only promotional material. It goes without saying that opt for those books that receive good reviews. Generally, a book will receive some bad reviews, but look at the majority viewpoint. Note that if the book you wish to buy is new, you will not find reviews. In such a case, you will just have to take a risk.</p>
<p>Be Specific.</p>
<p>One of the methods of searching for a book that interests you is by narrowing down the search by typing a long search term and not just one name. Such a search will result in only a few book options. First, look up reviews and views on it and then look at its size and focus of interest.</p>
<p>Check the Experience of the Author.</p>
<p>Buying a book is just like buying a car. Would you be willing to pay more for a Mercedes? Likewise, check the author or editor. If the author is unknown, tread very carefully. The book might be useless. But remember that its not enough that the author is well known or has years of professional expertise, they must be experienced in the exact field of the subject of the book.</p>
<p>Check the Printing History of the Author.</p>
<p>After checking the authors personal biography and his scope of knowledge as pertains to the issue in question, you should, then, check his style of writing. You will not want to fall asleep on the second page, do you? If their style of writing pleases you, try reading parts of their work. Read articles or portions of other books they have read. Do this to get an idea of whether they can write and whether they are capable of handling complicated issues and putting them across in easy to understand language.</p>
<p>The Price Factor.</p>
<p>When looking at books, the first thing (or the second) we tend to look at is the price. Yes, you should know whether you can afford to buy it or not, but do not make you decision based on whether a book is cheap or expensive. First, check whether the book is what you are looking for. Then, decided whether you can afford it and not vice versa. Likewise, do not just buy a book because its on sale. Remember that if a book is on sale it means that no one is buying it!</p>
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