what is the best source to buy pictures for mobile applications

I am writing a slide-show like application for android phone which I am going to sell. it will target very narrow audience and I do not think I will sell more than 1000 copies of it. I 开发者_C百科was going to buy pictures for it from microstock agencies like istockphoto but it turned out that they require purchase of "extended license" if you want to put their images into apps. And guess what? extended license runs from $70-100 per image!

so my question for you, where did you get images for your apps you want to sell?

You can search at creativecommons.org for images you can use "for commercial purposes".

I'd recommend odesk.com. I used to look for stock art, both free and paid. Then I figured out that you can outsource and hire an artist for very little money. Depending on your needs, you can go cheap and find someone under $5 / hr that can do basic work. I currently employ a team at $18 / hr and it's worth every penny I spend given the quality of the work, and their ability to create themes from scratch and operate with only minimal oversight.

Alternatively, you can put out a bid for a fixed-price contract to create the icons for your app.

I've had better luck with posting positions, interviewing and hiring. I'd recommend putting up a basic description of the type of person you are looking for, and then have an interview question to screen candidates with. I typically do a "compensated interview" whereby any legitimate submission gets a minimum amount of money whether I hire the person or not. I've had great luck with this recruiting artists that have paid off many times over.