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<blockquote data-quote="Aurumvorax" data-source="post: 5717324" data-attributes="member: 87266"><p>The 4E books say "printed in USA" and there are a couple of big printers in Texas. I doubt they rely on <strong>one</strong> printer and go to whoever gives them the greatest rates for their print run.</p><p></p><p>I'm taking most of my information from the comic book world, which I'm somewhat knowledgeable in, and this carries over from indie companies self-printing their own comics and graphic novel collections. The expense of printing is large up front but it's reduced the more you print (bulk discount). The general process includes sending your manuscript to the printer who then send you a preview copy. Once you make changes and approve they'll start the printing process and send you the results. This means that you have to store your own merchandise which is where the second expense comes from. A lot of self publishers have their garage or basement devoted to storage but it needs to be a dry, clean place. </p><p></p><p>As for the Star Wars books, size isn't an issue. They could have used a standard format and actually <em>saved</em> money by having a fewer page count. I'm pretty positive the unusual formatting was to cause the books to stick out. Literally. Publishers will experiment with different sizes as a means of advertising and product identity. People are more likely to pull a book out the shelf if it looks different from the others.</p><p></p><p>As far as economics go, prepare for a large initial investment. Once you get everything "set up" it becomes cheaper and some printers will offer discounts for customer loyalty but if you can't move your material then you'll get a big kick in the groin with hundreds of material that will never be sold. Print-on-demand services like Lulu have little-to-no risk at the expense of a fraction of the profit you could be making. The quality of printers varies wildly but I noticed that Singaporean printers in general produces the highest quality material (Fantagraphics almost exclusively prints in Singapore and they have some of the best book binding I've ever seen).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aurumvorax, post: 5717324, member: 87266"] The 4E books say "printed in USA" and there are a couple of big printers in Texas. I doubt they rely on [B]one[/B] printer and go to whoever gives them the greatest rates for their print run. I'm taking most of my information from the comic book world, which I'm somewhat knowledgeable in, and this carries over from indie companies self-printing their own comics and graphic novel collections. The expense of printing is large up front but it's reduced the more you print (bulk discount). The general process includes sending your manuscript to the printer who then send you a preview copy. Once you make changes and approve they'll start the printing process and send you the results. This means that you have to store your own merchandise which is where the second expense comes from. A lot of self publishers have their garage or basement devoted to storage but it needs to be a dry, clean place. As for the Star Wars books, size isn't an issue. They could have used a standard format and actually [I]saved[/I] money by having a fewer page count. I'm pretty positive the unusual formatting was to cause the books to stick out. Literally. Publishers will experiment with different sizes as a means of advertising and product identity. People are more likely to pull a book out the shelf if it looks different from the others. As far as economics go, prepare for a large initial investment. Once you get everything "set up" it becomes cheaper and some printers will offer discounts for customer loyalty but if you can't move your material then you'll get a big kick in the groin with hundreds of material that will never be sold. Print-on-demand services like Lulu have little-to-no risk at the expense of a fraction of the profit you could be making. The quality of printers varies wildly but I noticed that Singaporean printers in general produces the highest quality material (Fantagraphics almost exclusively prints in Singapore and they have some of the best book binding I've ever seen). [/QUOTE]
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