For the past few weeks I've been working on my entry for this year's Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini Comics Competition. I've been concentrating on the art so hard that I've let the actual printing of the book slip the background. Last year I waited until the submission deadline, the day that they were due, to try and find a printer and got royally fleeced. I'd like to avoid that this year. But so far I've had a hard time narrowing down my choices.
There are plenty of places to have my pages printed (how's that for alliteration) in the Bay Area, but who to choose? I checked out some local zine websites, but didn't find anything that could help. I talked to a friend at Isotope, the inimitable Storm, but was unable to find a suitable printer.
Each site uploads your images and lets you arrange them in a variety of ways (Qoop has a downloadable program to help you design your layouts). You can select your paper, binding, size (there are a bunch of options here) and colors. Its exciting to see all the possibilities and makes me want to get through this project so I can start on the next.
After exploring each site, I think I'm going to go with Blurb. I ran the numbers a few times, and it looks like I'll get a better deal with them. Not by much, mind you, but every bit counts. I'll be able to have 20 copies printed, and Blurb will be able to print more on demand if the need should arise.
I'm posting these links in case you or someone you know is trying to publish a book and doesn't have a clue where to start. Hopefully this helps.
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