Dan C <bladman99@xxxxxxxx> writes: > thanks, > > -dan c. > > At 04:02 PM 05-03-05 -0600, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: >>Dan C <bladman99@xxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> Has anyone here had any experience with online publishing firms which can >>> print and bind a book on a demand basis? If so, are the resulting books >>> saleable as "real" books? Do they look professional? >> >>At least some of them produce entirely professional-looking products >>(well, with many of them the design and layout and cover depend >>entirely on what you send them; but they don't mess it up if it's good >>to begin with). The prices are significantly higher than the per-copy >>cost of a 5000 copy run, but of course you don't need the $15,000 up >>front either; sometimes that's the right tradeoff. > Hi David. Can you recommend any in particular? Not if you're looking to publish a *photo* book; the standards of production required are *much* higher and I haven't seen examples that I'd be willing to recommend. I've seen some perfectly professional-looking *text* books from a place that I just checked and their web site doesn't exist any more. There's also a LARGE NUMBER of scammers out there trying to represent themselves as "real publishers" that aren't. -- David Dyer-Bennet, <mailto:dd-b@xxxxxxxx>, <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> RKBA: <http://noguns-nomoney.com/> <http://www.dd-b.net/carry/> Pics: <http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/> <http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> Dragaera/Steven Brust: <http://dragaera.info/>
