I am only going to hit the high spots in this account and will only cover the facts I couldn’t find elsewhere. This post is about the printers that are available to you as a self-publisher.<\/p>\n
The best decision I made was to follow a friend’s advice and buy Dan Poynter’s book, The Self-Publishing Manual<\/a>. It is an invaluable resource. I recommend it highly. His Para Publishing<\/a> web site has hundreds of pages of information and free documents. Dan does a great job of preparing you to publish your own book, but there are things you must discover on your own.<\/p>\n I formed my own publishing company, Bent Crow Press<\/strong><\/a>, so I would have the credentials needed to negotiate with book printers. Many are reluctant to deal with you as an author. Read Dan Poynter’s book for more information.<\/p>\n The printing business has been evolving rapidly for the last few years and I found new technologies which offer competitive prices at low book volumes. Each technology has a special niche in which it excels.<\/p>\n Print on Demand (POD) was very big a few years ago, as POD companies The downside of POD is that the author may have to pay full selling Short run digital printing is done on machines using toner to Print quality is said to be higher than ink printing. Printing is One unexpected benefit of using digital printers is that your Once you get over 3000 copies, traditional presses rule. Their My next post will cover the challenging process of selecting a printer that suits your needs.<\/p>\n UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n The free download<\/strong> <\/a>version of the book is still available and so is the free PDA version<\/a><\/strong> I am only going to hit the high spots in this account and will only cover the facts I couldn’t find elsewhere. This post is about the printers that are available to you as a self-publisher.<\/p>\n The best decision I made was to follow a friend’s advice and buy Dan Poynter’s book, The Self-Publishing Manual<\/a>. It is an invaluable resource. I recommend it highly. His Para Publishing<\/a> web site has hundreds of pages of information and free documents. Dan does a great job of preparing you to publish your own book, but there are things you must discover on your own.<\/p>\n
\nwill deal directly with an author. They provide a lot of the services a
\nbeginning author may need. Each book is printed when it is ordered and
\nis shipped to the customer placing the order. This is ideal for
\nauthors who do not want to carry inventory and do not want to be
\ninvolved in fulfillment (packing and shipping books). <\/p>\n
\nprice for books which he needs to provide as samples and there is
\nsignificant setup charge for getting your book into their system. Some
\nof these POD firms also hold the rights to your book, so you can end up
\nas a captive author. That can kill your chances of a film deal or
\npublishing abroad. If your work is destined for a wider market, be very
\ncareful what you sign up for in a POD deal. <\/p>\n
\nprovide economical and good-looking books, both paperback and hardback,
\nfrom 250 to 2500 copies at prices lower than you will get from a
\ntraditional printer. Prices variy greatly, so you need to get several
\nquotes. In my initial round of quotes, I saw unit prices ranging from
\na little over $3 to almost $5 for a 208 page paperback in quantities of
\n500. One deals with these printers as with any other printer. You get
\nquotes, sign a contract, pay part up front and the rest on delivery. <\/p>\n
\ndone on sheet-fed machines with 8 1\/2 x 11 inch paper, two pages on a
\nside. You get four pages on one sheet of paper and these printers can
\nhandle a wide variety of paper stocks. In some cases, they will handle
\npaper stocks that larger printers can’t.<\/p>\n
\ntypesetting can be done with word processing software like Open Office
\nor MS Word. You can supply these printers with PDF files, one for your
\ntext and another PDF file for your cover.<\/p>\n
\nindividual paperback prices are close to $1.30 each and they are
\nprinting on large sheet-fed or web presses. You will need typesetting
\nsoftware like Adobe InDesign or Quark XPress to produce files for these
\nprinters.<\/p>\n
\nof the book. Download them and feel free to pass them on to your
\nfriends. You will be able to pre-order the paperback soon for delivery
\nin March. Check back next week for exact availability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"