If there’s one thing that I have learnt if you want to be successful at something, then you need to just get out there and do it – and don’t take no for an answer. I think that the idea of creating a sense of scarcity is something that you could explore, but you’re going to need a significant fan-base first. Work on ways of getting more traffic to your site, and then start with the books. Build from there!

Good luck,

Brett

I have seen dailyl dose and sams work, including the blurb books. It’s been one of my dreams for years now. I say dreams because I used to always dream of doing and never acting on it. I planned to sell them but never get around to it. That’s the great thing about photoblogs is that you can then create these books yearly or semi annually. or just run another sale or something from time to time.

I’m also trying to play with the idea of our photography as art. Selling exclusvie 1 of a kind aka limited editions. 24×36 size gallery wrap canvas and certificate of authenticity. I would never sell a photo that size of that image again. I would however try and appeal at different price points with lower cost prints ie 8×10, 5×7 post cards kinda thing. I am wondering it would be effective in creating interest around the work and a type of scarcity that doesnt occur these days in digital.

Not sure if you’re familar with Daily Dose of Imagery or not, but Sam’s done a couple of blurb based photobooks and they sell out _fast_!

As someone who hasn’t had his photoblog online for very long, I am now looking into the very same issues.

I totally agree that in order to find other photographer’s photoblogs I had to keep looking at other photoblogs and their favorites or links. Internet searches were useless.

As I think of it now … it makes sense. Most photoblogs don’t have text … or much of it. That is what search engines want/need. So I am now looking into how to add as much text as possible with out over doing it. Will probably be a slow process. Could be why microstock sites are becoming more popular … buyers can’t find what they are looking for with search engines.

As far as the monetization … I think ebooks are a good option, but don’t think the other two options are good ideas. But the ebook obviously can’t just be a photobook, they should be instructional.

I also agree whole-heartedly about the “living website,” but I’m hoping to have it generate me some income. Hopefully we can figure this out.

Looking forward to more of your posts.

Scott