CarlMillerPhotos Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Had my first sale a few months ago for a book cover in Japan. I'd LOVE to get a copy of that book to add to my "tear sheets." Is there any way to find out what book it will be used for? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 That link isn't working for me Philippe. Do a google search "your pseudo" alamy -alamy.com -discussion Nothing guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlMillerPhotos Posted December 2, 2016 Author Share Posted December 2, 2016 Thanks for the hints. I've tried using Tineye to try to find the image as well with no luck so far. Thinking it may not actually be published yet and hoping I'll have better luck if I keep trying over the next few months. I'm curious to see what the book is about as well. The image was a 9mm Browning Hi-Power with a few bullets laying around it. I'm guessing it's either a book about guns, or a crime novel. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpics Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 A Google search might also help. Right click on the Alamy picture and, if you're lucky, something will show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotoDogue Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Occasionally I'll find a textbook preview with photo credits on Amazon, via Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The search string "carl miller" Alamy in this Google book search machine comes up with two other titles - if you didn't know? I prefer to use quotation marks to leave out irrelevant results right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Thanks for the hints. I've tried using Tineye to try to find the image as well with no luck so far. Thinking it may not actually be published yet and hoping I'll have better luck if I keep trying over the next few months. I'm curious to see what the book is about as well. The image was a 9mm Browning Hi-Power with a few bullets laying around it. I'm guessing it's either a book about guns, or a crime novel. :-) Or maybe something military? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I often get my images used on book covers (not via here). I find that only some pictures/covers show up in the Tineye/Google Image searches. Book cover designers often just use a segment of the picture (so cropped). The book jacket text can also alter the image composition/make up. Add in colour casts, montage images, etc. etc. all add to the difficulty of finding your book cover picture. Sometimes your chosen image is just used on the back cover of that novel, so again harder for the image search engines to find. A novel published in the USA this summer had a picture of mine on the cover. The image search engines wouldn't have found it as the picture was flipped. Google text found it via a magazine review with my name in it. Hope you find the book. It's a nice way to see your work being used. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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