I just came across this post, and I feel there's something wrong with the proposition to photographers. I am a photographer who would never accept what you are offering above, for the simple reason that a lot of photographers are not aware of here; "Photo Usage Rights".

You are asking the photog to give you rights for unlimited use of their images in your book (commercial product), with no compensation (sorry, but a couple of book copies do not count in my book). So, you will be making money from selling your book, and the contributing photographers won't ! doesn't sound fair. I would consider if it was a charity project, for example, and it was something that i feel passionate about supporting. But a commercial product, it shouldn't be like that.

I am not trying to rain on your parade and wish you all the best with your book project, but what bothers me -and a lot of pro photographers out there- is the devaluation of the photography industry, when other photogs (or so called photographers) start offering their work for free, it hurts the industry. It also hurts quality of the work being offered.

Like you expect to sell your book and money out of it, we do the same of our work.