Getting a Book printing cost for Self publishing printing is Revealing. Finding a book printing cost when self publishing printing for books, often gives indie authors better costs, higher quality, and more options. A recent telephone conversation with a potential client illustrates a situation that occurs quite frequently at Star Print Brokers. What about self publishing printing, domestic and worldwide?…
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POD Books, Digital Printing, ‘Misconceptions’ Rebuttal
Why a Post about POD Books — Digital Printing — is Wrong. POD books. Yet another article I am writing about print on-demand, books produced by digital printing. Why? I recently read a post from a major provider who made it seem like this method of producing books is everything to every author. It is not. There are perfectly valid…
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Self publish Hardcover or a Hardbound Book
Self publish Hardcover or a Hardbound Book. We’ve got your back — Even your Paperback! Self publish hardcover books — a hardbound book is another name for a hardcover. Some new indie authors chose to self-publish with an on-demand service provider. While you can print a handful of books, POD is not the high-quality that we provide. Nor can you…
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Make PDF Files (our Guide)
Make PDF files for Printing Books on Press. A Visual Guide. Helpful Hint 1: When you first set-up a book file in InDesign, make sure that you check ‘Facing Pages’. You can find it by going to File > Document Setup. Helpful Hint 2: The crop marks, bleed marks, and printer’s marks are generated when you make PDF. They are not made in…
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Case Binding discussed – Books with a Hardcover
Case Binding is how we bind hardcover books. Case binding. What is it? Simply, it is any book binding with a hard cover made from thick binding board, and has a cover wrap material permanently glued to the board. We throw around a lot of terms in bookbinding, whether it be for printing on press, or printing on demand. We…
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