The book "Income from Photography" by Roy Barker is a guide to make photography a livelihood. It does not provide the nuances of taking photography, nor does deal with the intricacies of taking photography. It solely shows the ways and avenues to sell digital photographs and make money through this business.
The book is based upon the digital photography world. It is not for people who are the staunch believers of film photography. It guides the amateur or budding photographers to use their skills to make a living. The book is targeted towards the growing tribe of photographers both professionals and amateurs.
The book concentrates on the combination of internet and digital photography and how to use this mind blowing combination to the best of your use and earn the dough. It gives the necessary guides of how to sell photographs online and market them to the right clientele. Copyrighting of the photographs is also included along with guide to pay tax from income from this business. The book also has information on the pros and cons of the photography business. Thus it seems to be a very balanced book.
The best part of the book is that it comes in the e-book format, which is easily downloadable. Also available with this book are few freebies worth much more than the original cost of the book. These freebies are more books related to the business of photography. The book can be purchased using all major credit cards and also comes at a discounted price as an introductory offer.
The only drawback is the book does not deal with the technicalities of photography and do not have any guide to buy the right equipment to start this business, nor does it have any information on the budget part.
The book, however, has received good reviews from its customers regarding the ease of use, simple language and also some inspiring tales, where the customer is eager to start his/her own photography business.

The book by Tom Ray is titled as 'Professional Photography: Success without school". The title it self suggest the book is a kind of tutorial for photographers and how one can make a career out of it.
Tom Ray is a Certified Professional Photographer from the Professional Photographers of America. From his professional and personal experience Tom has given shape to this book. It has the tips he received from his mentor many years ago. He was lucky to have those useful tips for free, but he has written a book base on those tips and his own experience and is selling those at a price. The book's USP is the insider information. It deals primarily on the marketing and selling part of photography. Any budding photographer should benefit from it, because it is a comprehensive guide of how to take photographs basis the need of the industry.
The book is available in the e-book pdf format, which makes it easily accessible and easy to store. One of the positive and advantageous part of this book, is a step by step guide to become a professional photographer. The book helps one to face the reality and also comes with proper guidance for purchasing the right kind of start-up equipment. Since, Tom is a career photographer, his own real life events will act as a motivation for other people to take photography seriously.
The author is very clear on what he is selling and makes no false promises and comes out clearly mentioning that his book does not deal with the technicalities of photography. It just provides the matter of fact information with practical marketing techniques.
The e-book is very competitively priced at $19.95 and has already received some great reviews from its readers. It looks like the book is very user friendly and practical without any gimmick or false promises.