Did you pay for your copy of Adobe? If you did, please read the user
agreement. You are probably allowed to use it to compile a book at no
additional cost. This is especially true if you are actually printing
the book and using your own photos. If you are altering the
photographs to prepare them for publication, you must determine if the
alteration is a general one, or a specific one that only Adobe
Photoshop can offer. If you're doing a negative of a photo, no big
deal. If you're having the photo changed to a matte finish, you have a
problem. Whether you are distributing it online or in print, you only
need to mention that a photo was doctored with Adobe Photoshop if it
is very different from any other product on the market. And that's
only if Adobe Photoshop does not allow you to use its program for
commercial use, which would be insane. Check your user agreement, but
most likely you're a go on using the images you create.
Your second question about the marketing is very vague. You shouldn't
have to contact anyone at Adobe for marketing. I'm sure they have no
interest in your book. If you're producing an e-book then check out
something like lulu.com . If you are trying to publish an actual text
then you need to determine what kind of text and approach print
publishers in that field. (e.g. Thomson Southwestern is a large
publisher of Business Education textbooks, Penguin is a large
publisher of novels, etc.) Also, if a publisher likes your book and
there are any copyright requirements, the publisher will do the legal
work.
Post back if there's something I didn't answer.
Matt |
