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Title: Publishing on the Super Cheap
Post by: mearls on March 10, 2002, 06:40:13 PM
Hello,

I'm thinking of publishing an off the wall gaming book for sale at GenCon. Here are my printing goals:

Small print run (200 tops; I don't want to wreck my back lugging the damn thing around.)
I'm looking at very no-frills printing here, something that's little more than printer paper stapled together, but I would like it to have a cover printed on different color paper and stapled binding.

Anyone have any experience with this sort of thing?

I also need someone to do layout, I need art, and I need a logo. If you work cheap, send me an email at:

mearls@alum.dartmouth.org

Thanks!

- Mearls

(Edit: Made my needs clearer.)
Title: Publishing on the Super Cheap
Post by: Matt Snyder on March 10, 2002, 07:23:24 PM
Quote from: mearls
I also need someone to do layout, I need art, and I need a logo. If you work cheap, send me an email at:

mearls@alum.dartmouth.org

Thanks!

- Mearls


Need some layout and a logo? Sign me up. Check out my Dust Devil pdf (http://dragons.carlisle.ia.us/downloads/dust_devils.pdf) for an example of some rpg designs I've done. Also, you can check out www.chimera.info for more design samples.

It's the least I can do to help you out -- maybe we can make this an even better GenCon this year, especially if Wick doesn't spill his drink all over yer lap!

Drop me a line anytime -- best email to use directly is judge_gideon@hotmail.com

Matt Snyder
Title: Publishing on the Super Cheap
Post by: Dav on March 15, 2002, 09:02:00 PM
If you want to PM me your budget, I think I can help you out.

Depending on page-count, I can definitely do quite a few for you (and colored paper is no problem).  Your cost would be for paper and .03 cents (so $.0003 would be a better way to put it) per staple or so.  

Again page count is the big measure, but I see little trouble in at least doing some, if not all, of them for you.  I got the hook-ups.

Dav