Seeking bids or cost-effective options for perfect binding..

External Since: Sep 21, 2004 Posts: 7

I can provide the interior of the book, but I'm looking for someone who can
perfect bind the book using either a cover I provide, or can print a cover
for me at sufficient size. The book will be 8.5 x 11 and 250 sheets of 50#,
100 copies.

Can anyone here offer a bid for the job, or mention an affordable service
who will do this for me?

Thanks!

Matt in Oklahoma

External Since: Jul 06, 2003 Posts: 52

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:31:20 -0500, "Smokinghawk"
<smokinghawk.DeleteThis@nospam.com> dijo:

>I can provide the interior of the book, but I'm looking for someone who can
>perfect bind the book using either a cover I provide, or can print a cover
>for me at sufficient size. The book will be 8.5 x 11 and 250 sheets of 50#,
>100 copies.
>
>Can anyone here offer a bid for the job, or mention an affordable service
>who will do this for me?

There are lots who could bid the job, but shipping would be the
killer. Books are heavy.

When I first started out I printed the guts myself and had the covers
printed by a real printer. Then I located a small one-man bindery shop
in a local suburb. He charged me $45 setup and $.50 per book, which
was cheaper than bigger bindery services. I would bring him the books
and a quantity of covers and the next day he would call back to tell
me they were ready for me to pick up. Eventually I got my own binding
equipment and now I do it myself.

In practically every city there are book binders. Sometimes they are
hard to find. Very few print shops have their own perfect binders, so
almost all of them ship their binding work out to a bindery. To find
the local binderies, just call some print shops and ask them who they
recommend.

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