Rapid POD Printing, Inc. wants to print your books!!!

[GMSkarka]

So if any publishers have actual experience working with the company, their feedback would be appreciated.

From what I've heard, if publishers with actual experience working with the company posted their feedback, it might possibly be a violation of the no-personal-attacks rules of ENWorld.

 

[xmanii]

Well, to be fiar, if he doesn't want to discuss something on a messageboard, he shouldn't post about it on a messageboard. This isn't the classified ads section of a newspaper.

If you start a conversation, it's polite to respond to people.

True, but if you look at his last log in date, you will see he hasn't been on in since then logged on.
*shrugs*

 

[TheLe]

True, but if you look at his last log in date, you will see he hasn't been on in since then logged on.
*shrugs*

That is not a very good excuse I am afraid. If the original post was for butt-enlarging pills, then it would have been marked as spam and deleted.

If you're going to post your ad here on these forums, then you should be willing to discuss it here.

If you're going to post a quick and dirty advertisement here and then disappear, then you might as be advertising butt-shrinking pills too.

~Le

 

[DaWizard]

Hey guys,

Im sorry, I was on vacation last week.

If anyone e-mail me their address to ken@rapidpod.com, I would gladly send out samples.

This priceing will be vailid until Nov 1, 2006.

Our romal prices are just $1 more for the softcover book.

-Ken Whitman
www.rapidpod.com
502.212.6258

 

[imajicastudio]

Hey guys,

Im sorry, I was on vacation last week.

If anyone e-mail me their address to ken@rapidpod.com, I would gladly send out samples.

This priceing will be vailid until Nov 1, 2006.

Our romal prices are just $1 more for the softcover book.

-Ken Whitman
www.rapidpod.com
502.212.6258

Hi Ken, that's fine about the vacation. Everybody needs a break now and then. You have not answered the questions concerning contracts. Could you please let us know. Thank you in advance.

 

[Urizen]

Hmm.

I sent ken an email right after he made his second post. Still haven't heard back from him.

 

[Bardsandsages]

Hey guys,

Im sorry, I was on vacation last week.

If anyone e-mail me their address to ken@rapidpod.com, I would gladly send out samples.

This priceing will be vailid until Nov 1, 2006.

Our romal prices are just $1 more for the softcover book.

-Ken Whitman
www.rapidpod.com
502.212.6258

I'm not interested in a sample. A sample means diddly, as anyone can produce a great, single sample. My concern is reliability and turnaround time. If I need 100 copies of something by X date, what guarantees do I have that you will meet that timeline? What happens if you don't? What does the contract stipulate as far as refunds? I'm ALWAYS looking for a better price than my current printer. But the fact is a low price means nothing without the comfort of knowing that I will get my orders when I need them, not when the printer gets around to doing it.

I went to your website to find more information. It did not give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. It was full of typos and bad links (for example, if you start at the Books page, all the icons for Print, Screen, Cards, etc went to the "books" page).

RAPID POD rarely has to enforce this policy, but on occasion RAPID POD may be at fault for incorrectly printing a job, or for some other understandable though inexcusable mix up. When this does happen, again regardless of how rare an instance it may be, RAPID POD will act in the most professional manner and will replace the entire printing job at its own expense.

ALL REPRINT JOBS WILL BE REPRINTED AT OUR COST BUT WILL BE SHIPPED AT THE MOST AFFORDABLE COST TO US, FASTER SHIPPING OPTIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE CLIENT BUT WILL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLIENT. IF THE CLIENT CHOOSES NOT TO EXERCISE THIS OPTION RAPID POD MAY SHIP THE JOB IN WHATEVER METHOD IS THE MOST AFFORDABLE. REASONABLE SHIPPING TIMEFRAMES WILL BE CONSIDERED AND IN NO CASE WOULD DELIVERY OF A REPRINT EXCEED A WEEK.

Maybe I'm reading too much between the lines, but that first paragraph is a bit too insistent. The wording sounds like someone trying too hard to convince someone, which normally means the opposite is true.

 

[HinterWelt]

I'm not interested in a sample. A sample means diddly, as anyone can produce a great, single sample.

Your other points being perfectly valid, I must stress to people that you should always ask for samples when dealing with a new printer. They will tell a lot even if they pull the best they have. Also, it gives you a reference to hold up to the printer when you talk quality of your print. And finally, not everyone can produce a good sample on demand.

Word of advice, when you get a sample, look at everything from front to back, print quality on both text and art, and binding/cover/trim quality. These are often tell tale signs of quality in your print run.

Bill

 

[Bardsandsages]

Your other points being perfectly valid, I must stress to people that you should always ask for samples when dealing with a new printer. They will tell a lot even if they pull the best they have. Also, it gives you a reference to hold up to the printer when you talk quality of your print. And finally, not everyone can produce a good sample on demand.

Word of advice, when you get a sample, look at everything from front to back, print quality on both text and art, and binding/cover/trim quality. These are often tell tale signs of quality in your print run.

Bill

Oh, I agree wholeheartedly that you should get a sample before doing business, but the sample is not the end-all, be-all. Particularly when instead of answering your questions the prospective vendor just ignores the concerns and says he'll send a sample. Producing a sample and meeting a deadline are two different things.

I currently use Lulu for most of my POD printing. I know I can find cheaper vendors, but I have never had a problem with Lulu's quality or with them meeting deadlines. They have consistently turned over jobs quickly and I know that if I place an order that I need for an event they will meet it. That reliability is very important to me and I'm not willing to sacrifice it for a couple bucks in savings.

 

[HinterWelt]

Oh, I agree wholeheartedly that you should get a sample before doing business, but the sample is not the end-all, be-all. Particularly when instead of answering your questions the prospective vendor just ignores the concerns and says he'll send a sample. Producing a sample and meeting a deadline are two different things.

I currently use Lulu for most of my POD printing. I know I can find cheaper vendors, but I have never had a problem with Lulu's quality or with them meeting deadlines. They have consistently turned over jobs quickly and I know that if I place an order that I need for an event they will meet it. That reliability is very important to me and I'm not willing to sacrifice it for a couple bucks in savings.

Definitely, I was not saying otherwise. However, you made it sound like samples have no value and, believe me, after 9 printers and nearly six years of doing this, samples are an important point.

Now, to your other points (very good BTW), it actually boils down to trust. Talk to publishers who have done business with the printer, see if they have dealt with problems in a timely manner (problems will always come up) and make sure, in the end, you can trust them. No contract will replace that...however a contract is a good jumping off point since it will clarify your responsibilities to the printer and his to you.

Bill