Re: print on demand

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

It is my turn to write the next "Working the Web" column for the upcoming

issue of the GWA's "Quill and Trowel." The theme is POD, and this will be my

third column on that topic. The first appeared in 2007. My deadline is July

16, and I will discuss interior color.

I'm interested in James Allison's comment, because while books with black

and white interior have worked out pretty well in POD mode, color POD can

still be too expensive and have quality control issues. Yet when it works it

can be a good answer for garden books.

Do any of you have firsthand experiences with POD, color or otherwise? This

includes posters and prints. What services have you used? How did it go?

What about using your own laser or other printer rather than commercial

printing and binding? What are you looking for from POD? Contact me on the

list or off. The column is supposed to be ultra short, around a thousand

words, so although I may be able to quote you it cannot be a lengthy quote.

Best wishes,
Betty

Betty Mackey, Publisher
B. B. Mackey Books
www.mackeybooks.com

betty@mackeybooks.com

----- Original Message -----

From: "James Allison" <jallison@aquapic.com>

Has anyone used a POD publisher recently?

She had ordered up a sample copy before her full print run, but was
dissatisfied with the results and took it up with the printer who ran
a number more copies, again not up to her demanding standards.

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