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PHOTOGRAPHY: FOCUS ON PROFIT, by Tom Zimberoff. This book is a comprehensive guide to the industry's best practices, that uses effective software to demonstrate how to put its lessons into practice. Created in conjunction with PhotoByte, a business automation program that is distributed for free, the book shows photographers how to incorporate profitability into the business process. (ISBN: 1-58115-059-8; $35.00) Contact: Allworth Press, 10 E 23rd St, Ste 510, New York NY 10010. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1581150598 .

THE ART OF BLACK & WHITE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY, Techniques From A Master Photographer, by Oscar Lozoya. Featuring 100 images. You get behind the scenes on each shoot - seeing how Lozoya designs a set, selects the right clothes, adds makeup, and more. Step-by-step discussions and diagrams also provide technical details about how each portrait was created, giving you the insight and skills you need to begin creating your own such works in the studio or on location. (ISBN: 1-58428-083-2; $29.95; 128 pages) Contact: Amherst Media, 155 Rano St, Ste 300, Buffalo NY 14207. Phone: 1 800 622-3278. Fax: 1 800 622-3298. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1584280832 .

SOME SCANNING TIPS, by Wayne Fulton. Includes lots of tips, but also lots more. It's the best book we've found to get you up to speed on scanners and scanning. You can read much of the book for free on Fulton's website or you can order the bound version. ($23.95 plus shipping.) http://www.scantips.com.

BUILDING WEB SITES WITH MACROMEDIA STUDIO MX, by Tom Green, Chris S. Flick and Jordan L. Chilcott. Easy-to-follow, yet thorough, instructions to help you integrate the components of Macromedia Studio MX into your workflow. ($49.99; ISBN: 0-7357-1272-7) Contact: New Riders Publishing, 201 W. 103rd Street, Indianapolis, IN 46290. Phone: 1 800 545-5914. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0735712727 .


HOW TO DESIGN AND BUILD THE COOLEST WEB SITE IN CYBERSPACE, by Jerry Glenwright. Master the skills necessary for producing a highly successful site, from hardware setup to page layout to proper maintenance. With tips on links, icons, buttons, and inclusion of images, audio and video, you'll devise a site that is quick- loading, attractive and tuned to the interests of its visitors. ($19.95; 224 pages, all color; ISBN: 1-58663-713-4) Contact: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 387 Park Ave S, New York NY 10016-8810. Phone: 1 800 805-5489. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#1586637134 .

REAL WORLD DIGITAL VIDEO, by Pete Shaner and Gerald Everett Jones. This book covers every phase of video production, including buying or renting equipment, capturing professional-quality images and sound, editing footage, adding titles and special effects, and distributing finished video on tape, film, DVD, or streaming over the Internet. ($49.99; ISBN: 0-321-12729-3) Contact: Peachpit Press, 1249 Eighth St, Berkeley CA 94710. Phone: 1 800 283-9444. Fax: 1 510 524-2221. http://www.photosourcefolio.com/bookstoreone.htm#0321127293 .

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