Comments on: Your Book Printer is Your Best Friend http://1106design.com/your-book-printer-is-your-best-friend/ Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:52:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://1106design.com/your-book-printer-is-your-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-143 admin Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:23:28 +0000 http://1106design.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-143 Ann Marie and United Graphics are terrific printers. We've been working together for years. United offers excellent quality and very competitive prices. Ann Marie is a very patient and engaged salesperson who is willing to walk beginners through the process. Ann Marie and United Graphics are terrific printers. We’ve been working together for years. United offers excellent quality and very competitive prices. Ann Marie is a very patient and engaged salesperson who is willing to walk beginners through the process.

]]> By: Ann Marie Gordon http://1106design.com/your-book-printer-is-your-best-friend/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Ann Marie Gordon Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:53:50 +0000 http://1106design.wordpress.com/?p=115#comment-142 Michele has captured some of the nuts and bolts of how a publisher can utilize the expertise and information that a printer has to offer. A couple caveats I'd like to offer: If you have a book or bound product, work with a book manufacturer. These specialists are geared for that product. You will save time and money if you seek out a printer who is a book manufacturer. Their work flow, equipment, trained personnel, service, and timelines are all streamlined to produce that kind of product only. A company who prints forms, business cards, and various other types of products for the commercial market are generally not equipped to handle books efficiently and cost-effectively. Securing equipment lists from printers might help you determine the best "fit" for your book; however, for many publishers, the printing equipment is somewhat a foreign language to them. When you speak with a representative of the company, ask him or her what percentage of their work is dedicated to book / catalog (bound products) manufacturing. And find out the best trim sizes for their equipment. Some manufacturers have equipment that is best suited to certain trim sizes. Others will be able to accommodate most, if not all, trim sizes. You might think it will be a maze to work through, but when you speak with a knowledgeable sales representative of the company, you will learn invaluable information (all free!), and you will also know almost immediately whom you can trust and work with. Ask for the sales person in your territory or in your designer's territory when you want to speak with a representative of the company. Your book designer can offer recommendations too. Just as it is wise to select a book manufacturer for printing and binding your book, it also behooves you to select a book designer for laying out and designing your book and cover. This person will save you time and money because he or she will know exactly how to prepare the files for book production. Michele has captured some of the nuts and bolts of how a publisher can utilize the expertise and information that a printer has to offer. A couple caveats I’d like to offer: If you have a book or bound product, work with a book manufacturer. These specialists are geared for that product. You will save time and money if you seek out a printer who is a book manufacturer. Their work flow, equipment, trained personnel, service, and timelines are all streamlined to produce that kind of product only. A company who prints forms, business cards, and various other types of products for the commercial market are generally not equipped to handle books efficiently and cost-effectively. Securing equipment lists from printers might help you determine the best “fit” for your book; however, for many publishers, the printing equipment is somewhat a foreign language to them. When you speak with a representative of the company, ask him or her what percentage of their work is dedicated to book / catalog (bound products) manufacturing. And find out the best trim sizes for their equipment. Some manufacturers have equipment that is best suited to certain trim sizes. Others will be able to accommodate most, if not all, trim sizes. You might think it will be a maze to work through, but when you speak with a knowledgeable sales representative of the company, you will learn invaluable information (all free!), and you will also know almost immediately whom you can trust and work with. Ask for the sales person in your territory or in your designer’s territory when you want to speak with a representative of the company. Your book designer can offer recommendations too.

Just as it is wise to select a book manufacturer for printing and binding your book, it also behooves you to select a book designer for laying out and designing your book and cover. This person will save you time and money because he or she will know exactly how to prepare the files for book production.

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