Comments on: How to Publish Your Own Book – Part 1

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By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:13:51 +0000

Hi Steve,

You’re welcome.

I do believe he’s on the right track. If he had planned to print more than 100 copies, POD is probably the way to go. Anywhere between 25-50 is where it becomes a much harder decision.

By: Steve Moyer

Steve Moyer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:10:24 +0000

Wow … thanks for the fast reply!

He was looking at companies like ShutterFly, so it looks like he’s on the right track. Nice to have that confirmed by a professional though!

Thanks again!

By: Steph

Steph — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:53:22 +0000

Hi Steve,

If you’re only going to print 10 books, I would just recommend going with a company like Shutterfly.com and doing a “photo book”. These are generally used for personal photo books, but if you only have 10 copies to print, it’s probably your most affordable solution.

I wouldn’t recommend going with POD, etc. for only 10 copies. That’s considered a very small print run. Especially if you want to do a photo book. Some POD’s do offer photobooks, but at 10 copies you might just be better off going with a standard photo book.

Btw, photo books will generally charge you a minimum price (with a minimum number of pages) and $x per additional pages. And each book will cost the same since they’re run individually.

By: Steve Moyer

Steve Moyer — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:37:24 +0000

Steph:

My son is doing a coffee table photo book about the capabilities of handicapped individuals (kind of a pictorial day-in-the-life-of thing) and needs to print ten or so copies in a pretty short time frame. Do you have a recommendation of how to do this well but without too much expense?

Thanks!