Forever Travels

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dkchristi wrote:

I assumed no legitimate person would charge me and put up a video that had copyright material.....

I think the word you're looking for is "pro." Looking at that person's websites, there's nothing pro about them. They're not even good amateur. Her writing is full of spelling and grammar errors, her "published books" are all self-printed, and her websites are on cheesy free hosts.

Anyhow, about slides and music. I've used lots of royalty-free images from http://www.sxc.hu/ for my own books. And there are even royalty-free stock music sites! Some pieces are free, others ask for a small payment (in the form of credits, which you buy from the site). http://www.themusicase.com/ and http://www.neosounds.com/

Unfortunately, I was green as grass when I was solicited for the production of the book video...I did not research the person. Obviously, I learned. The production of the trailer for Ghost Orchid is by a true, award-winning environmental filmmaker, Darryl Saffer - and I am lucky to have his expertise applied to my story. Fortunately, he read the book (which all book trailer people do not do...) and truly enjoyed it. That's reflected in the trailer. Additionally, I don't have to be concerned about the video or music since he is the creator of both. I do learn...slow sometimes.

My books arrived on Wednesday, and I've already sold two of them in my store! It's beautiful!

Fantastic! I'm so pleased. It really is a beautiful book.

Enter one of those cover contests....

I will, DK! Another happy camper:

Just got my copy in the mail 5 minutes ago, and haven't had time to read anything, but wow it looks good!
I'm proud to be in there! Thanks!
Great work,
Murray

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