The eArt Directory. Second Edition. An ebook.

2009-04-08T22:22:00.026+01:00

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ISBN Number : 0-9550272-3-3

Price : $9.99

Author
Lynda Cookson, South African-born artist and writer, based in the West of Ireland.

Length
89 pages including 'How To' text (see index below) and an extensive website directory containing more than 200 direct links to various art-related websites. Where necessary, there are photographs to illustrate the text.

Grade or Focus (In other words, for whom the book was written!)
* The eArt Directory is for artists who, especially in this present worldwide downturn in the economy, would like to broaden their horizons to promote and sell their art through the internet. It's a workbook designed for this purpose.

It's for those artists who haven't a clue about how to be a business-person, and it's for those artists who know what they're doing business-wise but need to save hours, days, weeks and months in searching for relevant websites to work with. The eArt Directory grew to what it is now, over a period of five or six years .... to give you an idea of how much time you'll be saving!

* The e-Art Directory is also for art collectors - those people who love art and want to either browse, soaking up the images, or buy a piece of art; it's for those lovers of art who have a desire for a good piece of original art for a wall, or walls, in their home; and for those who wish to invest in art, especially now when the potential for the price of art to rise, is so great.

To order your copy of "The eArt Directory" on a CD
email LyndaCookson (at) gmail.com to place your order
and arrange to receive your Paypal invoice.

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Be sure to read the column on the left as to why you should - or need - to have your own copy of The eArt Directory!

Index of Contents
Introduction :
The purpose of The eArt Directory
Secondary Markets and Raising Your Profile
Examine Your Expectations
Take Responsibility for Your Decisions and Actions
The Process of Internet Research and Marketing
Some Useful Tips

Part One : Tips and Guidelines for Photographing,
Scanning and Uploading Art Images to the Computer
Photographing your original art
Non-digital cameras
Digital cameras
Tips for the Process of Photographing
The Editing Process
Scanning your original art

Part Two : Editing and Filing Images
Suggestions on what to use to correctly size your images
Filing Your Images on the Computer

Part Three : Your Own Website
Designing and Building your website
Registering a Domain Name
Hosting
Blogging
Advertising your website

Part Four : Opportunities in Cyberspace
A few words about Web Galleries
Licensing your art
eBay

Part Five : Virus Protection
Protecting your work and your computer against viruses

Part Six : Future Editions of The eArt Directory
Website Address Corrections
Future Website Inclusions
Website Address Removals
Suggestions for further Categories
The next edition of The eArt Directory

Part Seven : Website Directory Categories
Advertising and Networking
Art Agents, Brokers, Licensing and Marketing
Art Books and Magazines
Art Materials and Equipment Suppliers
Artist Trading Cards
Blogs
Computer Term Definition Websites
Digital Art
Drawing, Sketching and Portraits
Educational Websites
eMarketing Advertisers
Exhibition Opportunities
Free Web Galleries
Galleries to Hire
General Web Galleries
Giclee Websites
Link Facility Websites
Miscellaneous
Museums (Links to)
Newsletters
Online Art Magazines
Pay Web Galleries
Residency Opportunities
Sculpture
Secure Internet Payment Facilities
Website Builders
Websites featuring interesting links
Website Software
Websites by country :
Africa
Australia
Canada
Europe
Far East
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Spain
United Kingdom
United States of America

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Author Bio
Lynda Cookson was born in South Africa in June 1954. Her writing career began while she was working for a newspaper in Kwa-Zulu Natal, and in 1987 she wrote a children’s Christmas play called “Suzie’s Letter to Santa”, which was produced locally.

Writing took a back seat when she started her own handmade papermaking business called “Paperways”, although she wrote and published “How To Make Handmade Paper” to form part of the papermaking kits her business manufactured. It was only after Lynda and her husband, Alan, immigrated to Connemara on the West Coast of Ireland in 2001, that she felt able to pick up her career as a writer.

In 2005 she began writing monthly artist profiles for the “Now” group of glossy magazines, interviewing thirty-three artists a year. That same year she wrote “The eArt Directory”, a workbook assisting artists in promoting their work through the Internet, and curated and part-authored the “Art In The West” catalogue. The second edition of “The eArt Directory” has since been published as an ebook and many of her articles can be found in Irish magazines.

Lynda is also an artist and her paintings are updated regularly on her blog www.paintingsonimpulse.blogspot.com/

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Agent and Editor
Chapman Loney and Cookson Publishers

To order your copy of "The eArt Directory" on a CD email LyndaCookson (at) gmail.com to place your order and arrange to receive your Paypal invoice.