Hi guys,
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but about a week ago I found out on another forum that 123rf require you to buy their extended license for use of stock images on book covers. It's fine for promo material, such as on blogs and websites, or inside the book, but not on the cover.
I've found that many of their images are available on Shutterstock or Bigstock and their standard licenses include covers -- which is much cheaper.
This is coming from a designer who emailed 123rf directly. Here's the blog post: http://ebookindiecovers.com/2013/03/31/all-about-stock-images-and-book-covers/
Now, whether they'll change their minds in the future, I don't know, but I'd avoid them like the plague.
It's a bit of a headscratcher, this one. Surely they're shooting themselves in the foot here?
Apologies if this has already been mentioned, but about a week ago I found out on another forum that 123rf require you to buy their extended license for use of stock images on book covers. It's fine for promo material, such as on blogs and websites, or inside the book, but not on the cover.
I've found that many of their images are available on Shutterstock or Bigstock and their standard licenses include covers -- which is much cheaper.
This is coming from a designer who emailed 123rf directly. Here's the blog post: http://ebookindiecovers.com/2013/03/31/all-about-stock-images-and-book-covers/
Now, whether they'll change their minds in the future, I don't know, but I'd avoid them like the plague.
It's a bit of a headscratcher, this one. Surely they're shooting themselves in the foot here?