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Artist and Dealer Information
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What We Pay for Prints
Ah yes, the important stuff, show me the money!
Here's the money you will get depending on the price of the print.
- Selling for $5 to $10 - You get 50% of the
price
- Selling for $10.01 to $20 - You get 55% of
the price
- Selling for more than $20.01 - You get 60% of
the price
So, if you sell an 8.5x11 print for $6, you get
$3. If you sell an 11x17 print for $12, you get $6.60. We may need
to change that slightly if you are selling a large color portfolio, or we may
impose a minimum price requirement for the portfolio.
Submitting Samples
First, contact Sean through our contact page with an address where he can get samples of your prints you want to sell. Or, if you want, you can mail them to:
Rabbit Valley Comics
290 Turnpike Rd Ste 6 PMB 390
Westborough, MA 01581-2843
USA
Mark it with 'DO NOT BEND OR FOLD!' on the
envelope.
We can't sell
certain stuff...
To use any copyrighted character, you must have
the permission of the copyright holder. Now, that's fine for people you
know, characters on MUCKs and so on, but if it has a commercial character, we're
not taking the chance. Even parody is out. We don't get sued, you
don't get sued, all is well in the world.
We also have some other restrictions on content to comply with US Laws. We do not accept images depecting use of illegal drugs, beastiality, or pedophilia. Our contract requires that you warrant the images are not obscene.
What happens next...
I have to give you the okay to sell prints.
We have a rather unique return
policy at the store now, so I want to be sure that everything that we sell
is of the highest quality.
You've Been Approved -
Sign the Contract
We have a contract for on demand prints that you
should sign and return to us via snail mail OR scan a copy in low resolution
(jpeg, gif) and email it to us. We will email this contract to you.
Why do you need a contract? It shows what
you'll be getting from us. And, it protects us from liability if you use
someone's copyrighted character without permission.
Scanning the Originals
This is VERY important. We have some
strict requirements for the scans....
- It must be AT LEAST 300 DPI. We
prefer a larger DPI of 600 for higher quality when printing 11x17 prints.
- It SHOULD be in CMYK format.
Photoshop has an option to convert to CMYK. This lets our printer do
the imaging in its native format (4 color printing) so it doesn't change the
colors and darkness on you. If you can't save in CMYK, keep it in RGB
and we'll try our best to match colors.
- Save the file in TIFF or Photoshop format.
Other formats (JPEG, GIF) can lose quality due to compression techniques
built into their file formats. BMP files are difficult to scale,
losing quality on 11x17 prints.
- You must include descriptions of all the
files. Include the title of the file, the title of the artwork,
and a short description. You can get fancy and include the type of
media it was originally produced on and date of production... The more
descriptive, the happier customers get.
If you do not have a good scanner, we do.
We can scan your original artwork if you send it to us. We'll gladly ship
it back to you, and if you would like a disk with the high quality scans on it,
no problem. $2 and it's yours.
Sending the Files
We can take files on a few different types of
media...
- CD-ROM in Mac (preferred), DOS or
ISO-92whatever format (as long as you can read it on a Mac, we're fine)
- IBM or Mac Formatted ZIP Disk 100 or 250 MB
(which can be returned)
- Through our FTP site. Email Sean for more information on how to use our FTP site.
What RABCO Does Now
We'll put your prints up on the web site as soon
as possible. For adult prints, we'll blank out the naughty bits for two
reasons. First, people tend not to steal and redistribute edited pictures.
Second, people tend to not just download and never buy the print. Third,
it keeps dirty pictures out of the hands of kids who shouldn't be seeing it.
Fourth, it keeps our ISP happy. :)
We'll put in at least one page of your prints in
our catalog for the next print run. Depending on the size of the catalog,
you might get more space, but we'll still try to pick the best of the prints to
go in there.
Now, to sell more prints, you need to advertise
too! Make a link from your web page to your prints page on Rabbit Valley.
Hit the newsgroups (alt.fan.furry, fur.artwork.*, yarf.*) and tell people that
prints are available.
How and When You Get Paid
We send out checks at the end of every month to
artists who have more than $20 in their account. If you want to buy
something from the store, let us know first! We'll simply use the money in
your account for purchasing nifty furry stuff. YOU GET 125% OF YOUR
ACCOUNT IF YOU CONVERT TO STORE CREDIT.
If you're an international customer (outside the
US and Canada), the rules might be a little bit different to help on exchange
rates... You can tell us how much you want to be in your account before
sending a check. It saves you money in exchange fees and check cashing
charges. We can also send international postal money orders.
Make
Prints for Me
No more trips to Kinko's late at night so folks
won't be squicked by furries! We guarantee quality prints, fast service,
and a good price.
Pricing:
8.5x11 Color Print on Xerox 60lb 96 Brightness
Card Stock: $1.00 Per Print
8.5x11 Color Print on Xerox 20lb 96 Brightness paper: $0.75 Per Print
11x17 Color Print on Xerox 60lb 96 Brightness
Card Stock: $1.25 Per Print
Shipping:
We ship at cost for artists. US Postal
Service or FedEx rates available. Please contact us for a quote.
Book rate mail can ship a 10 lb package for under $5.
Requirements:
You must be the original artist. We can't
print someone else's artwork. We must have a computer file in 300 DPI or
higher, TIFF, Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, PDF, or similar format. Cash,
check, money order, Visa, Master Card, American Express, Discover/Novus Card or
JCB Card gladly accepted. Please allow 2 weeks lead time! Delivery
directly to the convention may cost slightly more if you get it to us late.
I've
got something that will sell a zillion copies...
So, you want to sell us something so we can sell
it at the store? Here's how to pitch the idea to us.
- Have a sample either digital or final
finished product and get it to us. We like seeing completed projects.
- Write a blurb telling us what it's about.
There is only so much the review folks can look at in a day, and there's
only so much money we can spend at one time. The better the blurb, the
more we'll be interested.
- TELL US THE COVER PRICE. We need to
know how much you're expecting to sell this for.
- If you send us a physical copy of your
product, and you would like it back, include a self addressed stamped
envelope for return.
We buy items at a discount, usually 50%.
So, if you have a book for sale that has a cover price of $5.00, we will pay
$2.50 for the book. Only under very special situations will we make an
exception to this policy.
Rabbit Valley Comics
290 Turnpike Rd Ste 6 PMB 390
Westborough, MA 01581-2843
USA
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