Daily Archives: December 4, 2011

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Royalty Free Stock: blessing or curse?

Stock art. It’s ubiquitous these days. There are a ton of different sources, some specifically targeted to authors for book covers. Historical romance authors would be pretty much SOL without stock art, and Jimmy Thomas is so common on covers it almost becomes surprising to see a cover without him. There’s free stock art, pricey [...]

Copyright 101
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Copyright 101

  I started to write a post on stock art this morning. But first, I realized I needed to talk a bit about copyright. Because I never fail to be astounded at how very little authors (and pretty much most people) understand about copyright, how it works, and when or if they may be violating [...]