Dear All, A friend wants to self-publish his autobiography in 50 copies, hard back, cloth covered, durable binding. Do any of you have any personal experience working with self-publishing vendors? I'd love pro or con recommendations. I'm also searching the internet for vendors myself, but would love to hear personal opinions based on experience. He says that he is willing to pay the expense of going hard back, and wants the book to be durable. He does not want to go the paperback route. He does not want to sell the book to the public. I expect he will want the book to be 6x9, case wrap with dust jacket and a sewn binding. I looked at Lulu, which is a possibility, but he doesn't need the marketing services Thanks for any recommendations you can send my way, Sara Scribner

I recommend Stories To Tell run by Biff and Nancy Barnes in Redding CA - they are invested in the genealogy community and do great work. http://www.storiestotellbooks.com/ Cheers Thomas MacEntee Founder, High-Definition Genealogy http://hidefgen.com +1 (773) 661-3080 -----Original Message----- From: transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:transitional-genealogists-forum-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Sara Scribner Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 2:49 PM To: TGF Subject: [TGF] Short-run Self-published autobiography -- vendor suggestions? Dear All, A friend wants to self-publish his autobiography in 50 copies, hard back, cloth covered, durable binding. Do any of you have any personal experience working with self-publishing vendors? I'd love pro or con recommendations. I'm also searching the internet for vendors myself, but would love to hear personal opinions based on experience. He says that he is willing to pay the expense of going hard back, and wants the book to be durable. He does not want to go the paperback route. He does not want to sell the book to the public. I expect he will want the book to be 6x9, case wrap with dust jacket and a sewn binding. I looked at Lulu, which is a possibility, but he doesn't need the marketing services Thanks for any recommendations you can send my way, Sara Scribner The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sara, My brother and I published my father's poetry this year. On the advice of a prolific genealogy author I went to McNaughton-Gunn. They have worked with me beautifully. This past summer we printed 30 soft covers, sort of as a first venture--they can quick-print in under 2 weeks, and the price was great. I did all the layout and sent them a pdf. It was absolutely a beautiful soft cover edition. The 4-color cover was perfect and the paper was nice. We are about to go to press with the hard cover edition which, as you describe, will have a 4-color dust jacket and a hard cover, smythe-sewn. (Thank you, Barbara Vines Little, for advising my on the smythe-sewn variety of binding.) I have several of the books that were published by the author that recommended McNaughton-Gunn, and they are very nice (they are just hardbacks, no dust jackets). You have a number of colors to choose from for the binding, and they will imprint the hardcover in silver or gold. We are doing 300 copies, and at that level their pricing is competitive. Not sure about smaller amounts. I would encourage your client to consider also doing a short run of soft covers to have on-hand (libraries pertinent to his history, etc). They are really nice and so amazingly reasonable. McNaughton-Gunn have also been great to work with. Informative, responsive, and helpful. McNaughton-Gunn http://www.bookprinters.com/ Of course, we don't have the hardback in hand yet--almost ready to send that version to press. Janis Walker Gilmore Pawleys Island, SC On Feb 1, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Sara Scribner wrote: > Dear All, > > A friend wants to self-publish his autobiography in 50 copies, hard back, > cloth covered, durable binding. Do any of you have any personal experience > working with self-publishing vendors? I'd love pro or con recommendations. > I'm also searching the internet for vendors myself, but would love to hear > personal opinions based on experience. > > He says that he is willing to pay the expense of going hard back, and wants > the book to be durable. He does not want to go the paperback route. He does > not want to sell the book to the public. I expect he will want the book to > be 6x9, case wrap with dust jacket and a sewn binding. > > I looked at Lulu, which is a possibility, but he doesn't need the marketing > services > > Thanks for any recommendations you can send my way, > > Sara Scribner > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message