Digital BW, The Print

Hi, txs for the info. How big was the print run going to be to get $20 per book?

2008/5/16 kalebtreuman <kalebtreuman@...>:
> I'm a bit of a lurker, but this thread has recently interested me. So I
> decided to join and participate. Hello everyone!
>
> Sean, Lenswork magazine is printed at Hemlock in Vancouver, Canada.
> They're an offset printer that is very, very expensive. They're good,
> but not cost effecient. As a photographer who is also seeking out to do
> a book of my own photography, I've been seeking my own book for the
> past couple of months. I've received quotes from Hemlock, Double
> Graphics, Meridian... even Stinehour. I finally decided I was going to
> go with Stinehour, but then they closed last month...
>
> I was on my way home from a bookstore two weeks ago and I picked up a
> copy of Focus Magazine (www.focusmag.info) and WOW was I impressed.
> Great quality, excellent articles, fantastic reproduction. As I was
> looking through this magazine, I found that they were offering
> photographers a service to help them streamline the process of getting
> their photography book published. I called them up and it seems that
> this is a brand new publishing company that's really hungry for their
> first book. They quoted me $20/book for a softcover 9 x 12, 96 page
> book in quadtone and I just received a sample of their work that their
> printer does... AMAZING.
>
> In addition to printing my book, they're offering me a full year of
> advertising inside of their magazine, plus they'll market my book to
> distributors and to bookstores.
>
> Not only are they the least expensive option, but the best quality and
> they offer marketing and advertising as part of the package that's
> $20/book!
>
> Anyway.. you guys should check it out. www.focuspublishing.net
>
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