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Comment on Why Co-Ops of Indie Publishers Don’t Work by Mariette Hemmert

Mariette Hemmert — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:44:15 +0000

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Comment on How Should We Amortize Plant Costs? by Marion Gropen

Marion Gropen — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:01:27 +0000

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Comment on How Should We Amortize Plant Costs? by J. Eddy

J. Eddy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:33:50 +0000

I just recently found this blog and have forwarded the link on to others. Lots of great info here. Thanks for your time and effort.

We’ve been niche publishing for 10 years, though most of that time very small and operating as a Sole Prop, during which time we accounted for the Plant costs in precisely the WRONG way. This year we have incorporated and are trying to bring everything to the next level and do it all RIGHT (or as close as possible anyhow).

Since we can keep our titles “in stock” (potentially) perpetually thanks to short-run and POD printing (and via direct sales to the niche), what is a reasonable length of time to amortize the Plant costs? Has anyone determined a Best Practices length of time to account for the impacts these emerging technologies have on the business?

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Comment on Guest Post: There’s More To Book Layout Than Meets the Untrained Eye by Gregory Despain

Gregory Despain — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:04:41 +0000

I am a huge fan of everything related to typography, I’ll definitely keep coming back

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Comment on Guest Post: There’s More To Book Layout Than Meets the Untrained Eye by Michele DeFilippo

Michele DeFilippo — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:28:15 +0000

Hi Bryna:

There are software programs for layout, of course, but these are just tools. Just as in any other line of work, book design training and years of experience will yield the best results.

The buying public will quickly see the difference between an amateur job and a professional job, but more importantly, so will book distributors, reviews, and retailers…the folks you need to help sell books. Self publishing is hard enough. It’s really important to prepare a well?crafted product that will meet the standards of the book industry.

Also as in just about any other service you might buy, you’ll find every price range in book layout. The final price is the total of all the time spent on the job, including initial design, emails, questions answered, as well as the book layout task itself. For this reason, very low bids could indicate that the customer support just won’t be there when you need it.

I look forward to answering any other questions you may have.

Michele DeFilippo
Owner
1106 Design