Hi All, John Winters has a dilemma, but it is easily solvable. Many small publishers now collaborate with `Print on Demand' houses. The initial cost of set up is more expensive and there is always an initial order of `inventory' but the publishing house keeps a digital file in its archives and will print a minimum number - often as low as 10 - on demand. These `Print on demand' publishing houses also collaborate across continents and if you have a client in the UK or Australia, they will print one copy and ship direct to the client from their print house on that continent. That avoids major shipping expenses. The cost per copy is slightly higher than traditional publishing houses, but if you don't have to maintain a large inventory, that cost is easily recouped. I am not in the publishing world at the moment, but I can get details of a small Canadian publishing house that uses these services if any more details are needed. Chris Banner Thetis Island. BC *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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