Photo on the cover of a magazine - how much?

Richard Katris said:

I have been at this for a few years....and I have never had a publisher who would advance me payment prior to having images in hand. Usually payment is after publication...and that at times is months after you have handed the image/file/film to them...

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same experience here, always paid a few months after publishing

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People will rob you whenever they can..

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This is what copyright is about and by contacting you they have made a good faith effort to do reputable business. You can accept it or turn them down but feel confident that they will not use the photo without an agreement of some type. There are plenty of photos available to rob if that is their intention.

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Folks, the publishing house has finally gotten in touch with me and are willing to pay for my photogrph. Now I have another question - they're asking for an invoice to be sent against this payment - now I'm not a professional photographer who does this inside out everyday - any suggestions anyone?
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An office supply store can sell you a stack of blank invoices for very little money.

When I started doing invoices I used a cheap little program to lay out an invoice with a heading, Logo, and spaces to fill out..

Use an invoice numbering system that wont "run out of numbers" any time soon.

Print it, sign it, mail it, and wait.

When I advised "No Money, No Honey" I was talking about situations where the "buyer" was an unknown entity, this does not seem to be your case.

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Thanks for your advice Larry! Appreciate the quick response. I guess I'll probably just print one out from one of the Microsoft word templates.
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Sorry for discrete questions folks, but you'll have to pardon me for being new, I may be asking stupid questions, but I don't want to be an idiot by not asking them - I'm learning as I go along.

So my situation is as follows:

The publishing house has agreed to pay me 180 Euros for the image and they're saying this is the standard for a Corbis / Getty images price in-country. I'm fine with the rate.

I have two questions:
1. Does (or Should) this rate include taxes or can I charge separately?

2. In your opinion what would be the license I should offer the publishing company - 1 time use or unlimited usage?

Thanks in advance for your advice! You folks have been of great help.

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Ray9110 said:

I have two questions:
1. Does (or Should) this rate include taxes or can I charge separately?

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No, the rates don't include taxes. Do the price of meals, groceries, etc.? Same applies w/ photos. Tax would be a line item addition, based on the 180 Eu.

Ray9110 said:

2. In your opinion what would be the license I should offer the publishing company - 1 time use or unlimited usage?

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One time rights. You can grant "Life of title" rights with out granting unlimited rights.

Most licenses for one time use would specify title, edition, as well as limit the size, press run, and the distribution period.

For example, for 180 Eu, that might cover 1/4p @ 40k, 1p @ 10k, or DP Spread @ 5k. I sure wouldn't want to let a DP Spread use for 100K press run go for only 180Eu when in reality it's worth hundreds more.

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Sure thanks a lot for your help Gary. Just so that I understood the acronyms correctly let me reiterate what I understood. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

1/4P @ 40k - 1/4th page spread at 40K copies
1p @ 10k - 1 page spread at 10K copies
DP Spread @ 5k - Double page spread at 5K copies.

Is that right?

Thanks!

enlightphoto said:

enlightphoto said:

I have two questions:
1. Does (or Should) this rate include taxes or can I charge separately?

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No, the rates don't include taxes. Do the price of meals, groceries, etc.? Same applies w/ photos. Tax would be a line item addition, based on the 180 Eu.

enlightphoto said:

2. In your opinion what would be the license I should offer the publishing company - 1 time use or unlimited usage?

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One time rights. You can grant "Life of title" rights with out granting unlimited rights.

Most licenses for one time use would specify title, edition, as well as limit the size, press run, and the distribution period.

For example, for 180 Eu, that might cover 1/4p @ 40k, 1p @ 10k, or DP Spread @ 5k. I sure wouldn't want to let a DP Spread use for 100K press run go for only 180Eu when in reality it's worth hundreds more.

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Ray9110 said:

Sure thanks a lot for your help Gary. Just so that I understood the acronyms correctly let me reiterate what I understood. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

1/4P @ 40k - 1/4th page spread at 40K copies
1p @ 10k - 1 page spread at 10K copies
DP Spread @ 5k - Double page spread at 5K copies.

Is that right?

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Take the word "spread" out of the first two lines, and you'll be 100% correct.

Spread means going across the gutter; there could also be a 1 1/2p spread. DP means the photo takes up the two full pages.

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Thanks Gary!

enlightphoto said:

Ray9110 said:

Sure thanks a lot for your help Gary. Just so that I understood the acronyms correctly let me reiterate what I understood. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

1/4P @ 40k - 1/4th page spread at 40K copies
1p @ 10k - 1 page spread at 10K copies
DP Spread @ 5k - Double page spread at 5K copies.

Is that right?

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Take the word "spread" out of the first two lines, and you'll be 100% correct.

Spread means going across the gutter; there could also be a 1 1/2p spread. DP means the photo takes up the two full pages.

Cheers,

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Enlightened Images
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http://www.enlightphoto.com/views/ (Weblog)

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