Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Steve Clark 
<bildad@...> wrote:
>  From this thread I cannot get a feel for what folks feel is  
> reasonable for limited edition books. What run lengths are we 
talking  
> about? 


Hi Steve,

Of course I can't talk for the others, but (after digesting the 
comments made) these are my thoughts/hopes. I would really want a 
printing options that would allow "bookstore selling prices", so let's 
say 50$ in very small quantities (10), while accepting that no margin 
is made whatsoever at these prices.

That would mean a price in the range of Blurb, but with a B&W quality 
that is cleary higher. On the other hand the quality may be clearly 
less than fine art inkjet. Some cost premium over Blurb is of course 
acceptabel, as this will be more of a niche market.

It looks like:
1) Blurb-like solutions can do one-offs, hit the price but don't offer 
the quality
2) Quad-tone offset, hits the quality and price, but only for 500-1000+ 
series
3) Fine art inkjet can do one-offs, gives great quality but is (way) 
too expensive  

So my conclusion (at least for now) is: there's nothing (yet?) in the 
sweet spot. No enterpreneur out there to convert an Indigo to quad-tone 
printing? I'm your first customer!

Joost