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Dirk Bruere at Neopax

Jan 1, 1970
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I have just come across an interesting site, which presumably makes use of a
fairly new printing technology.
The tech in question is a machine that takes electronic document text and turns
out a complete, bound, printed book.
The quantities are almost irrelevant, whether it's one or ten thousand. This is
not like the old style vanity press, as you will see if you examine the site in
detail.
To give one example, a 500 page book in black/white 8" x 11" will cost $14.55
(about £8) for one off. 100 copies will get you a 13% discount and 1000 22%
($11.30).

All rights retained by the author.
Check out the site for more info
http://www.lulu.com/uk

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Dirk

The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org
 
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Tim Wescott

Jan 1, 1970
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Dirk said:
I have just come across an interesting site, which presumably makes use
of a fairly new printing technology.
The tech in question is a machine that takes electronic document text
and turns out a complete, bound, printed book.
The quantities are almost irrelevant, whether it's one or ten thousand.
This is not like the old style vanity press, as you will see if you
examine the site in detail.
To give one example, a 500 page book in black/white 8" x 11" will cost
$14.55 (about £8) for one off. 100 copies will get you a 13% discount
and 1000 22% ($11.30).

All rights retained by the author.
Check out the site for more info
http://www.lulu.com/uk
I've been waiting for something like that -- now I can have bound User's
Manuals again!
 
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Dirk Bruere at Neopax

Jan 1, 1970
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Tim said:
I've been waiting for something like that -- now I can have bound User's
Manuals again!

That's what I've been thinking.
Or at least that I can offer customers *extremely* impressive manuals compared
to the photocopied crap they normally get (if they are lucky) from competitors.

--
Dirk

The Consensus:-
The political party for the new millenium
http://www.theconsensus.org
 
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Jonathan Kirwan

Jan 1, 1970
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I've been waiting for something like that -- now I can have bound User's
Manuals again!

Except that I wonder if they will accept such an arrangement. It
looks as though they are willing to wave their own commission if you
wave your own royalty... but... I suspect that only works if you are
the originator of the work. I would guess they'd refuse to even start
on a project where you are merely a consumer and want a one-off copy
made of someone else's work. ("Just make sure you have the right to
publish the material you upload, which might include model releases in
addition to copyrights and permissions.") Maybe if you get written
permission from the copyright holder?

They also will only perfect-bind 8.5 x 11, it seems. No hardcover.

Jon
 
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JeffM

Jan 1, 1970
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an interesting site,
which presumably makes use of a fairly new printing technology.
The tech in question is a machine that takes electronic document text
and turns out a complete, bound, printed book.
http://www.lulu.com/uk
Dirk Bruere at Neopax

As my English teachers would say, "Compare and contrast"
http://www.bookmasters.com/services/documentservices.htm

Their homepage makes (a rare) effective use of an animated GIF
(the other animated GIF is very gimmicky--as usual).
 
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