Another question about photos

While I was at home over December a friend brought up a new issue. Am I going to have to get permission to use the pictures of businesses? Seems fairly likely to me. I'm guessing that most of the local businesses will allow me to use their photos, its sort of like free publicity for them and fits into the "Keep Austin Weird" theme which they all subscribe to. Another friend came up with a more Austin replacement for Q (no longer Dairy Queen) which would have previously been one of the more difficult permissions to get I suspect. I need to remember to send well worded letters, perhaps with a copy of the photo I plan on using, to each of the businesses before I reach a publishing stage.

More self-publishing options

I've been looking around trying to find the best way to put the Turkish alphabet book into print form, and have come around several other options for self-publishing. The nice thing is that many of these sites are also providing a store front where you can allow other people to buy your book. Much easier way to at least initially see if your book might sell. Of course none of them seem to do exactly what I want, but all seem like they may work just fine if I design the book within their software rather than trying to just import a book that is already completed (and which I have a set layout in mind).

Lulu
Viovio
MyPublisher