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Choosing a printer is among the most significant production decisions when self publishing. Pick the wrong printer, and you could get a book back that's of poor quality, or you could end up paying way too much.

For the purposes of this article, I am going to exclude print-on-demand companies from this discussion. That is because What i'm saying is full-fledged self publishing, where the author/publisher pays the full cost of publishing their book and orders a print run of hundreds or thousands of books at one time.

The first step to choosing a printer for yourself publishing project is to solicit quotes from several printers. You'll need to tell the printers several details about your book: the amount of pages, the amount of books you intend to order, the trim size of the book, whether you need paperback or hard cover. Some printers will ask other questions, such as whether you will want laminate cover or the paper stock you need.

When you're requesting your quote, also enquire about the turnaround time. And have the printer to send you samples. Once you receive your samples and quotes, study them. Look at the quality of the samples as well as the quotes you've received, and the turnaround time, particularly if time is a concern for the project.

Book manufacturers generally provide more competitively priced quotes than do general local printers. That's because book manufacturers frequently have the technology to produce quality books at better rates than do printers that do not specialize in book printing.

Getting a good price on your printing is important because this isn't the only expense you should have in piecing together your book. You also have the cost of editing, book layout and cover design, marketing, and more.

Look at both overall cost of printing the books, and also the per unit cost.

You can find lots of disparity in print prices, but price shouldn't be your only factor when choosing a printer. You intend to make sure you are getting an excellent product, and in a turnaround time that works for you personally.

china book printer can you little good to obtain a cheap print quote, but then to realize later you've got a poorly put together book that comes home from the printer a whole lot later than you expected or planned. This could ruin your pre-publication publicity plans. Not to mention your budget.

I've worked on print projects for clients in which I solicited multiple quotes because I needed to be sure my clients were getting the very best deal. Often, the disparity in quoted prices was quite large - saving your client thousands of dollars.

Founded 20 years ago, KS Printing has been focused on books and periodicals printing going back 15 years. With complete and advanced printing machines, KS is among the most renowned?book printers in East China.KS has been offering printing services for global publishers since 2006. For some 10 years, KS has printed books for a lot more than 2000 publishers around the globe and generates an excessive amount of 30 million US dollars per year.




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