Re: VMs: Print-on-demand (continued)...

[Elmar Vogt <elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nick Pelling wrote:
> ...
> IMO, compared to the others, BoD really seems to rock (particularly for 
> business transparency, and for page-by-page colour pricing) - but 
> unfortunately I don't trust my second-rate German reading skills to 
> figure out the various pricing tiers from its price calculator page 
> correctly. :-(
>
> Elmar, does BoD have print-on-demand partners outside Germany? They seem 
> really clued up AFA German authors go, but not very accessible 
> otherwise... and print-on-demand is what I'm thinking of doing ATM... :-o

Hei Nick,

I couldn't find any international partnerships for BoD -- the site

www.xlibris.com

favours a very similar model, afaict, with the major difference being that 
they pay you fixed royalties. (BoD lets you fix your price yourself -- of 
course provided it's higher than their production cost.) But production 
prices come in the same range.

To give you an idea of BoD's prices: Some 250 pages in large format ("A4", 
approx. US letter format), bw paperback will cost at least 22€ (some 28US$) 
in production, plus around 300€ (400US$) for the one-time mastering.

With 16 pages in colour, the price goes up to 26€.

A full-colour, hardcover edition would be a collector's item at around 100€ 
(130US$). Mastering goes up to 400€ (550US$).

And before you ask: I'd be willing to do the paperwork, contracts etc. for 
you guys, but _not_ the pdfs! That's way too much work, especially if you 
want the result to look good and be useful as well.

Cheers,

	Elmar

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