4:3 Aspect Ratio (or "Have You Already Done My Research For Me?")

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Ron Edwards:
Hi there,

That's all true, Justin, but we're hitting a slight grey area - if one prints at non-full-bleed (i.e. normal), then trims in such a way that full bleed results, it might not be an extra cost above the trim. 'Cause that's the way one gets full bleed anyway, is by trimming. That's a big maybe and has everything to do with that particular company, that particular representative, their interest in retaining you as a customer, and other intangibles. So the upshot is, one has to make a lot of calls to find out.

That point about the color is a good one. David, you might want to brace for the color-printing costs. I hope you can find a printer who charges color prices only for the indicated pages. I think Tim Kleinert was able to print color plates in The Mountain Witch without paying "full color" for the whole book, but that company is no longer reliable, and who knows, policies about that might change around at any given company too.

The book's physical design sounds very cool and well-conceived, so I hope you find a good deal and share the information here.

Best, Ron

guildofblades:
I'm pretty sure our new Xerox can print B&W and color together like that. Or at least, its suppose to be able to auto detect B&W and Color pages and charge for the appropriate one in our service contract. Of course, that is assuming that your B&W would truly register as B&W. I remember hearing some other presses would charge up the color rates on certain grayscale images. So that would certainly be something I would have to check with.

But also, we won't be doing true POD and instead have minimum runs of 10 units. Plus all books we do print will be printed "2 up" then trimmed down and bound. Its the only way it makes economical sense. On the plus side, it means we won't charge extra for full bleed so long as we are able to still run (and trim) the job using 11" x 17" paper, but its not true POD so not exactly what you were looking for.

Ryan S. Johnson
Guild of Blades Retail Group - http://www.guildofblades.com/retailgroup.php
Guild of Blades Publishing Group - http://www.guildofblades.com
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