Would you buy calendars? Photobooks? Prints?

Having now sold two copies of my book Courier Life I am thinking that self publishing would be a really nice way for me to make some money from my photography so i need to do a bit of market research.
One of my lecturers at college reckons calendars would sell well but i dunno if a calendar has much of a 'cool' factor.
I think the idea idea of a book would appeal to more people but obviously it's more work, there's 38 pages in my current book as opposed to the 12 there'd be in a calendar.
Would you buy a cycling calendar with a lean towards fixed gear?
How much would you pay?
Would any of you buy prints?
And again, what sort of money would you consider spending on say a 25x20 unframed print?

I'm not sure I would buy a calendar until another, say, six and a half months or so.

callendars are cool. photo box let you make calendars using your own photos. a couple of freinds of mine have been making them for there mates and they seem to have gone down really well. i think think they're about £15...

as for books and prints, its hard to say what people would pay until they are produced, one mans trash is another mans treasure etc, numbered prints would obviously be worth more :)

Wouldn't buy a calendar, no - do people buy calendars any more? I don't think I've had one since a distant relative got one for me for a thoughtless gift...

Prints, I'd definitely buy. A photo book, definitely. There are plenty of self-publishing sites who'd do it for you, but (being as it's what I do for a living) I would also defo recommend going to some actual publishers. Look around Waterstones at photo books and just send your stuff off. Or try sending it to an agency (much more chance of being published that way)...

Of course, that's all only relevant if you're serious about publishing a book...if not self-publishing is definitely a good way to go.

-T

Wouldn't buy a calendar, no - do people buy calendars any more? I don't think I've had one since a distant relative got one for me for a thoughtless gift...

Prints, I'd definitely buy. A photo book, definitely. There are plenty of self-publishing sites who'd do it for you, but (being as it's what I do for a living) I would also defo recommend going to some actual publishers. Look around Waterstones at photo books and just send your stuff off. Or try sending it to an agency (much more chance of being published that way)...

Of course, that's all only relevant if you're serious about publishing a book...if not self-publishing is definitely a good way to go.

-T

Yeah that was kinda my feeling about calendars.
Guess il try sending some publishers some stuff.
Doing the self publication thing is ok, bit of an ego boost to have people buying my work, but it's never going to get the money flowing in.

My take on this is:

I buy a calendar most years, or at least signal strongly to Father Christmas that one would go down well. But it has to have stunning production values: big, good colour, good paper, great pix. Phases of the moon, National Days of Mourning, or even dates (!) are secondary. This sort of thing: http://www.nouvellesimages.com/Lighthouses_Jean-GUICHARD_art~CY12011_id~calendriers_mode~zoom (Oops! no bikes)

I think they are gift (or self-indulgence) items and should be seen as such. No reason why a calendar shouldn't be June to May following year...

I would say that the medium should be paper and not "e-". There is a strong reluctance to pay for e-thingys, unless you are confident of large enough volume (huge) to make the price really low like 99p on PayPal

I suppose I am saying that a calendar is a marketing ploy for selling a batch of prints to people who do not see themselves as print buyers