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We brought you the word that VEER would be launching subscriptions last month.  Well as of this week that Subscription service is now live on Veer's website.  You will now be able to buy high quality commercial images for your needs via their subscription services.  To see the breakdown of pricing or to sign up at Veer click here .  This is another step in bring Veer into line with standard micro-stock practices and further way for the older legacy stock site ways.  A few months ago, we let you know that we’d be launching a new subscription offering for customers this winter. That time has come, and we’re pleased to announce that Veer Subscriptions , featuring your high-quality commercial images, is now live and open for business. Veer was already making it easier to be creative by offering customers an uncomplicated shopping experience using cash or prepaid credits. Now buyers also have the option to use convenient monthly or yearly subscription plans to ...

DepositPhotos is becoming a stronger stock photography company every day as it meets the challenge to become a top player.  The company has officially launched their new tax center, which brings them in-line with the U.S. government requirements and also matching what several of the stock sites are now required to do.  If you have not already done so, send in your W-2 info digitally on their website (outside US see other options).  Along with the tax center Deposit Photo's will be launching their new Editorial images.  You can start uploading your editorial collection today for acceptance.  Editorial images is a fast growing department among the stock sites as news goes digital around the world.  If you are new to Deposit Photos then sign up here .  I highly recommend adding this company to your portfolio of sites. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 7 Dec. 2011 – Depositphotos , the fastest-growing stock photo agency in the world, announces that it is...

Alamy makes uploading and model release a snap by accepting the digital releases from VMRelease.  They offer a app. for your iphone so you never have to worry about forgetting to grab that release before you hit the street.  Now only if they can come out with one for the Android. Dear Contributor, The need to have releases for your content is becoming increasingly important to clients in today's market, but carrying around print outs and pens on top of your camera gear can be an added hassle that you just don't need. We're therefore happy to announce that we are now accepting releases produced by VMRelease, providing you with a convenient way to add value to your shots via an intuitive iPhone app that lets you produce releases on the go. Use the app to create your own personal or company profile, capture images of your subject/property, input contact details, obtain signatures, send and store, all in 6 simple steps. Once you transfer your releases fro...

Envato has given a non-exclusive rate increase across all their sites and it is now officially live.  Typical marketplace authors where making 25% and will now they will be making 33%.  While several of the larger stock companies (Fotolia and iStock) have been giving us pay cuts, I am glad Envato is giving us a raise for our images.  If you are new to the Envato family check out their site here .  You can sell or buy several types of things from them, not just stock images. Non-Exclusive Rates Increase: Now Live! There's some exciting news for our non-exclusive Marketplace authors. We've increased the commission rate for all non-exclusive Marketplace authors from the old 25% to 33%. This means our non-exclusive authors will earn about a third more on each sale they make. Non-exclusive authors have no need to do anything and will automatically receive the higher commission rate for all sales made.

Shutterstock has officially launched their brand new iPad app. which is available for download now at iTunes.  The application will not only allow you to search images in a mosaic type view, but you will also be able to save them to your account for quick downloads.  Also part of the application is the ability to share via email or social media sites like Twitter.  Check out the write up below from the Shutterstock team.  To sign up for Shutterstock, click here . As head of the Mobile team at Shutterstock, I’m excited to announce Shutterstock for iPad is officially live in the iTunes App store. (You can download it for free, here .) After six months of researching, planning, developing, a nd fine-tuning, we hope customers find this application makes browsing for images a more seamless and beautiful experience than ever. With the simple swipe of the finger, you can: Scroll through thousands of images, seamlessly tiled together in a unique Mosaic View th...

Blurb launches their platform to allow users to publish eBooks that can be downloaded at iTunes.  several photographers and artist have been long waiting for this ability as Blurb is one of the highest quality companies out there.  If you are new to Blurb be sure to check them out for your hard print or digital books.  Below is their write up. Dear Bookmakers, Starting today, the books you've made with Blurb BookSmart® and Blurb Bookify™ are available as  Blurb ebooks . They're gorgeously rendered, full-resolution versions of your books, optimized for the iBooks® app on the iPad®, iPhone®, and iPod touch®. You order them like any other Blurb book, and we do all the fancy conversion. Here's how you can get started: Sign in and go to " Your Books ." Order the iPad/iPhone version (you'll find this option just above the printed book options on the right side of the screen).  Enter the promo code at checkout.  Download it or send the...

Alamy launched their live new service last month.  Below is a little information about what to expect and how to upload your news worthy images to their site.  Alamy site is located here . Alamy Live News Dear Contributor, Alamy is today launching its Live News service – a revolution in the way Alamy deals with news, sport and entertainment images. For the dedicated photojournalist, the news agency looking to sell into new markets, or the experienced photographer who takes the odd news, sport or entertainment photo, we believe we now have the best service available. And photographers still keep 60 per cent of any news, sport or entertainment images which we sell on their behalf! There are six broad changes we have introduced: • Alamy will now “push” an edited selection of news, sport and entertainment images to its customers directly via FTP. • A fast FTP upload service has been created for committed news photographers and agencies. You can apply for access to the F...