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Is Offset Printing the Future for Indie Authors?

by Joel Friedlander on February 12, 2018 17 Comments

Self-published authors have ridden to fame and fortune on the wings of two technologies: e-books, and the hybrid print book production-distribution method known as print on demand. Each of these technologies reduces the financial risk inherent in book publishing. This is especially important for print books, where print on demand has eliminated the need for […]

Filed Under: Book Construction Blueprint, Book Printing, Book Production Tagged With: Book Construction Blueprint, offset printing

The Epic Saga of WriteWell Journals: A Book Production Tale, Part 2

by Joel Friedlander on October 3, 2017 1 Comment

Continuation of the story of how WriteWell Writers’ Journals have been designed and manufactured.

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production Tagged With: book binding, offset printing, WriteWell Writer's Journal

Guy Kawasaki’s APE: Offset Printing for Self-Publishers

by Joel Friedlander on March 22, 2013 36 Comments

Guy Kawasaki has been a constant presence at publishing events since launching APE: Author, Publisher, Entrpreneur (featured here along with my interview with Kawasaki: APE-ing Your Book with Guy Kawasaki [Audio]). After the interview, I forwarded to Guy and his co-author, Shawn Welch, a bunch of suggestions. Guy had solicited feedback on the book all […]

Filed Under: Book Printing, Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: APE, Books, Guy Kawasaki, indie publishing, offset printing, printing, self publishing, Shawn Welch

Are You Trying to Create an “Impossible” Book?

by Joel Friedlander on May 17, 2012 15 Comments

Are You Trying to Create an “Impossible” Book? discusses strategies for producing books that work and don’t work for self-publishers

Filed Under: Self-Publishing Tagged With: ebook, offset printing, print on demand, publishing a book, trade paperback

Video: Why Publishers Love Hardcover Books

by Joel Friedlander on January 5, 2012 23 Comments

Video: Why Publishers Love Hardcover Books, using Tess Collin’s Helen of Troy to show two formats produced together

Filed Under: Book Printing, Book Production, Self-Publishing, Video Tagged With: Book Printing, book production, casebound, Helen of Troy, offset printing, Tess Collins, trade paper

4 Solutions to the Book Discount System

by Joel Friedlander on April 13, 2011 13 Comments

4 Solutions to the Book Discount System including ignoring it, using print on demand, printing by offset, and signing with a book distributior

Filed Under: Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book distribution, book publishing, discount schedule, Lightning Source, offset printing, print on demand, publish a book, self publishing

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 3

by Joel Friedlander on January 19, 2011 14 Comments

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 3 in which we look at the Printer’s Quotation and derive the cost of our books

Filed Under: Book Construction Blueprint, Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book production, offset printer, offset printing, print your book, printer's quotation, publish a book, quote, request for estimate, self publishing, Thomson-Shore

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 2

by Joel Friedlander on January 12, 2011 7 Comments

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 2 How to create a Request for Estimate for a short-run book printer.

Filed Under: Book Printing, Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: book design, book printer, book production, graphic design, offset printing, publish a book, request for estimate, self publishing, short-run printing

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 1

by Joel Friedlander on January 10, 2011 21 Comments

Understanding Book Printing Estimates for Self-Publishers, Part 1 covers the terminology and organization of an estimate from a book printer

Filed Under: Book Construction Blueprint, Book Printing, Book Production, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Book Printing, book printing estimate, offset book printing, offset printing, print on demand, printers estimate, self publishing, self-publish a book

Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction

by Joel Friedlander on December 10, 2010 1 Comment

Self-Publishing Case Study: Nonfiction by Sally Fletcher. Music, Healing and Harmony and the design and production process

Filed Under: Book Design, Book Production, Cover Design, Interior Design, Self-Publishing Tagged With: Heavenly Harpist, music therapy, offset printing, publish a book, Sally Fletcher, self publishing

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