1. Is This Book for You?

This is a critical question to answer right off the bat. I’d like nothing more than for you to discover that this is the exact book you’ve been looking for, and it sets you off down the road to creative freedom and financial prosperity. But let’s be real, what are the odds? Seriously, I don’t mean to knock my own book, but you should have realistic expectations before you go much further.

What this book represents is the sum total of what I have learned over the last eight years from my involvement in what has become known, for better or worse, as microstock. I have been involved with this crowdsourced industry from nearly the start as an image consumer, image creator, and industry insider. I have also been deeply involved ...

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