Re: book printing -- Amazon's createspace

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sara m steele (smsteele@wisc.edu)
Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:10:42 -0600



Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:10:42 -0600
From: sara m steele <smsteele@wisc.edu>
Subject: Re: book printing -- Amazon's createspace
Message-id: <4EBDD5A2.8050404@wisc.edu>

Hi Russ

What are the subjects of some of you books and how does the Amazon Store deal with them? Have you done any E-books?

Sara STeele CGAHS

On 11/10/2011 8:35 AM, Russ Hanson wrote:
> If you create your book with Microsoft Word or Open Office and set the
> formatting exactly how you want the book to look (page size, margins,
> numbers, layout), something pretty straightforward, you can get a very
> reasonable print-on-demand book through Amazon's createspace.com
> I have done several this way. You can order 1 to 1000s of books to sell
> yourself as well as have them listed on Amazon's book store.
> I have also done many with local printers including Eau Claire Printing
> ECprinting.com where you have to buy a set quantity ahead of time.
>
> I do my own layout and print out a test copy so no cost in editing or
> layout--just the printing. A 200 page 8.5x11 book in quantities of 300
> area bout $8 each at ECprinting--color cover --soft cover. On
> createspace.com it is about the same except you have to pay for shipping.
>
> Russ Hanson
> Sterling Eureka and Laketown Historical Society
>



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