Karin Lau, who you may also know as stock photographer Karimala made an interesting post on the talkmicro forum about a new way to find your images in use.  Go to Amazon.com and key your name in their search engine.  They have a unique search inside feature, and if your name has been indexed it will appear in their search results.

Too curious not to try.... on Amazon.com Lorraine Swanson returns 10 hits, 6 of which I can immediately disqualify. 

I can access the index page of this little book on wasps which indicates that Lorraine Swanson appears on page 17 within the chapter "Wasps Build Nests".   Well - I just happen to have a stock photo of a nest!

Would it be premature of me to presume that my nest might appear on page 17, or would the subject and the appearance of my name merely be coincidence?  I guess I could fork out the $15.95 and order a copy.  From what I can tell from the web, it looks like one of the early readers that my son brings home from his first grade reading program every day.

This search method only seems to work on amazon.com.  Not Amazon.ca.  Not Chapters.ca.  I have not made a purchase on the U.S. site, so they won't allow me to browse inside.

I have a cover coming out in May.  They asked permission to use the photo last fall, and I've seen the artwork.  I thought I would hold off blogging about it until the book is actually released - I have mixed feelings about the licensing so you can bet I'll blog soon when it hits the market!