Today, I received the following message in my Flickr mail:
Dear Sir/Madam
My name is Olivia and I am writing on behalf of Atlantic Books. We are in the process of putting together a hardback book entitled "Cooler Faster More Expensive, The Return of the Sloane Ranger", which Atlantic Books will be publishing in October of this year. You may remember "The Official Sloane Ranger Handbook", which sold over one million copies in the 1980s and was written by Peter York and Anne Barr, well "The Return of the Sloane Ranger" is also by Peter York, and is co-written by Olivia Stewart-Liberty. It is a witty and cutting-edge guide to Britain’s largest, most powerful, most invisible tribe: the new upper classes.
In "Cooler, Faster, More Expensive", Peter York ('The Nancy Mitford of our time') and Olivia Stewart Liberty give the
essential account of the current Sloane renaissance and reveal emerging breeds of a subtle and powerful social network. From Chav Sloanes and Party Sloanes to Eco Sloanes and Turbo Sloanes, English society will never look quite the same again.
The book is made up of text, illustrations, tables and photographs which reflect this powerful social group. We are currently collecting images and wondered if you might supply us with some, free of charge, for inclusion in this trend-setting book and you would of course be credited and sent a copy of the book, should we use your picture of an albino peacock, numbered 302764907. Permission for usage would include the right to use the image in the promotion of the book (e.g. if a newspaper decides to review the book and asks to run your image in conjunction with the review then your image would be reproduced in that newspaper in conjunction with the review).
We greatly appreciate any help you could give us.
Best wishes
Olivia
Olivia Hunt
Editorial Assistant
Atlantic Books
To which I replied, in essence, "but of course". Being a rather cautious person, I did wonder what the catch is. And why this particular photo has been selected. Surely it is not the most perfect peacock photo on Flickr. But then I googled the Sloane Rangers handbook and find out that yes, it is indeed being updated - as this report from the Daily Mail indicates. So yes, let's go for it, no such thing as bad publicity and why do I care if mine is not the best albino peacock photo ever, its the one selected!
Am flattered, excited and (let me admit it) more than a little chuffed. Am I on my way to a new, second career?
Good for you! and lend me your copy of the book when you're done with it :)...hopefully it'll be like the Watching the English book which had me laughing out loud.
ReplyDeleteAm very very pleased indeed for you. Certainly says a lot about Flickr. You should most definitely ask how she came across your picture.
Sure, can lend book. But I am not counting my pea-chick until it is hatched. They may not use it in the end.
ReplyDeleteIt's nice that they asked for permission. There are far too many cases of images just being used without permission; just go to any serious photography website and you can find dozens of complaints on this subject. Amateur photographers usually are not as bothered, but pros get really annoyed as they make a living from them. Pictures from Flickr, PBase, and other photo sharing websites are usually prime targets.
ReplyDeleteCool! And that's a wonderful photo by the way.
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