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Originally Posted by ian
dont know if this helps but there is an online publisher, www.blurb.com (and others no doubt), who allow you to create a digital book, then upload it to their website for preparation as an actual book. others can then go to the website and order the book - therefore there are no overhead costs, just a charge per book to anyone who orders it. no need to know how big the print run will be as its all 'to order'.
in another hobby of mine, they create a year book. members supply 2-3 photos with a blurb about themselves and their equipment, the volunteer editor creates the book uploads it to blurb.com and then anyone who wants one orders it.
a variety of book types are available but a soft cover book of about 80 pages will be about US$50, plus shipping to Australia is another US$20. creative editing can ensure a reasonable price based upon pages/cover type/paper type selections.
food for thought? the site is worth taking a looksee. |
Thanks Ian - yeah, there are tons of these sites around these days - including the Rabbit Photo one I mentioned up front. The problem with them is that they usually limit creativity (some severely), so I'm looking at doing this one in InDesign from scratch. Getting them printed at a local Australian digital printer on an Indigo digital press will be cheaper than doing it in the States I suspect. Once I get a good feeling for the total number of pages, I'll start to ask for quotes. I'll have another look at Blurb (which is one of the services that provide a standalone application) and see if they've progressed any since last time I looked.