Cost of images from Bundesarchiv

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Cost of images from Bundesarchiv

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Post by Richard Hargreaves » 20 Mar 2009, 19:20

Has anyone bought images from the BA for publication in a book? I ask because it asks for various credit card details before giving the price of said purchase - which is fine if they're cheap, not so much fun if they're a fair whack.

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Post by Qvist » 21 Mar 2009, 21:41

I don't know the price, but I have the impression from what I have heard from others that they charge a relatively high price for using images in a book. Sorry, not too helpful but perhaps better than nothing.

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Post by fortrees44 » 22 Mar 2009, 18:39

It depends on the number of books to be published, up to 3000 the price is 15,34 € each picture.

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Post by Urmel » 22 Mar 2009, 18:56

The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41

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Post by Michael Miller » 24 Mar 2009, 00:38

How about all these non-watermarked BA images at Wikipedia Commons? The language at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commo ... _Wikimedia seems a little ambiguous to me, especially the areas I've indicated in bold:
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Post by Rostislav » 24 Mar 2009, 07:07

Im ordered images and have some problems...Its not for price, but it is better to order images in firma selke only.

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Post by Urmel » 25 Mar 2009, 00:08

BAMA has a special license under their deal with Wikimedia.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- ... de/deed.en
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41

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Post by Richard Hargreaves » 25 Mar 2009, 11:34

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I must say under 16 Euros is extremely reasonable (way cheaper than most archives). I paid upwards of £100 per image for use of some Timepix images in my Poland book. 8O The IWM charge around £50 per image.

I do my utmost to source pictures from anywhere other than archives (easier for 1939-42), but come the war's end, I'm almost entirely reliant on the libraries, which isn't cheap. :(

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Post by Urmel » 25 Mar 2009, 23:01

I believe NARA has the best prices of all archives.
The enemy had superiority in numbers, his tanks were more heavily armoured, they had larger calibre guns with nearly twice the effective range of ours, and their telescopes were superior. 5 RTR 19/11/41

The CRUSADER Project - The Winter Battle 1941/42

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Post by Brian R » 29 Dec 2013, 23:57

Just found this thread as I had the same question as Mr. Hargreaves. I am in need of about 20 images for my book project - the layout is basically done, I just need to replace some images with better quality examples before going to print. I am basically looking for images of German generals - most are quite common - and I have identified the ones I need from the BA.

So, is the pricing basically the same as posted above?

Is the turnaround time after I submit the printed PDF pretty quick?

Also, I have looked at the Wiki Commons section as posted above by Mr. Miller. There are great images but they all seem to download at only 50 dpi so I'm unclear as to how there is a FULL RESOLUTION option (as stated on the site). Am I missing something? It seems I need the higher dpi and the BA examples will suffice as they are all around 300 dpi.

Thanks in advance.
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Post by Brian R » 06 Jan 2014, 20:31

Ok, I'm in. I ht the Aprilroval and have 23 images that I desperately need in my cart. But, the payment system is down and has been since last wee. Anyone know how long its been down or have info as to when it will be up?

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