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May 21st, 2011, 01:15 PM
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any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Just wanted to see if anyone has any good book suggestions that have really helped them get more video work. and helped you become more of a success in video production or producing or editing.
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May 21st, 2011, 08:53 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Not a video book, but I found the ideas in this book very practical for keeping a small business on track -
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May 21st, 2011, 10:22 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
I still refer to 'The Independent Film & Videomaker’s Guide' by Charles Wilkinson for help.
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May 22nd, 2011, 11:31 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Currently reading Making Documentary Films and Videos by Barry Hampe. About halfway through and an excellent and thorough read if this is your path. He has a book called Making Videos for Money. Haven't read the second one or know anything about it, but will be very interested down the road based on the first.
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May 23rd, 2011, 09:26 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
not really a direct answer to your question, but a very inspirational book for any professional. "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.
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May 25th, 2011, 04:30 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Ron and Tasra Dawson have a book called 'Refocus'. It basically teaches the reader to change a few things about how we do things and includes case studies of successful videographers.
It's something that I bought a few years ago and loved, and I'm now re reading it because I didn't take their advice, but this time, I'm following it to the letter! |
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June 3rd, 2011, 01:00 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
This is what you're looking for:
(or similar marketing books) And this:
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June 7th, 2011, 11:32 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Mary,
I bought Refocus on your advice and the total was like $92 including shipping. It's a fine 240 page paperback and all but even on the back cover it has a msrp or only $44. Is this a supply and demand issue I wonder?
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June 7th, 2011, 11:40 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
@ Harry...
I see what you mean... looking at Amazon, the paperback is $102.00 but you can get the Kindle version for only $28.79 with instant download. I'm assuming that the paperback version must be out of print? |
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June 7th, 2011, 12:22 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
Wow, guys, even allowing for conversion, I definitely didn't pay anything close to that for it! Looking at the UK Amazon, it's currently selling for £28 although if you want to buy a second hand copy, it'll set you back a cool £215!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Refocus-Cut...7470807&sr=1-1 Don't understand it, myself, but I'm sure there's a valid reason for it! |
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June 11th, 2011, 03:44 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
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July 25th, 2011, 12:55 PM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
I bought it from DailyDeal via Amazon. It's some kind of racket where they just pull a price out of there arse and unsuspecting you pay it. Yes that's the most I've ever paid for a book ever!! I finally went bact to Amazon and they listed the book at near its msrp of $42 or so (still high). So I wrote to DailyDeal and they gave me a 25% refund ($20 or so). What a racket!!
So my copy of Refocus put me back $60+ now.......better than $90 i guess....
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July 26th, 2011, 01:58 AM
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August 1st, 2011, 08:22 AM
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Re: any books that have helped you Make a living from Video?
It's a little dated (written around 1998, pre-web boom era) but "Getting Businesses to Come to You" is pretty good for sales/marketing tips. Written by Paul & Sarah Edwards.
For software learning (Flash) I actually find the Books for Dummies very handy for training and for later reference. I've often found myself asking "How do I do that??" and looking it up in the book to figure it out. |
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