Making a book - help

[Smurvis]

I need to make something kind of like the newer high school yearbooks. I need to turn a bigass Word document into a Publisher documents... or at least, I think? Is that what those people use?

Who is someone who could tell me what I need to set something up? A nice hardback book, from a company that does them. I only need 1-2 of them, so it's not like I need to mass produce them. But I need to be able to get it ready to be made by the end of this year.

[Gustaff 13]

Re: Making a book - help

Did you try Kinkos?

[Smurvis]

Re: Making a book - help

I haven't tried anywhere yet, so any advice is great.

This is very important to me, so I need to get it right, and make it look as good as possible. I don't want it to look like something I ran to Kinko's and did, or like something one guy made in his spare time. I have 5-6 months and want to utilize them if I have to.

[Nixon]

Re: Making a book - help

I dunno about this, having never used their services before... but Dave is going to be using them in the future for a hardcover book thingy.
http://www.lulu.com/

[Smurvis]

Re: Making a book - help

Thanks for the link, I'll look into them.

And when I say kinda like yearbook, I guess I mean the size. It's mostly words, but I don't want it to be a little handheld book you'd sit and read on an airplane or something. I'd want it to be a big book you can open and gaze at while at home or something. Smaller yearbooks just don't have the same nostalgia to me as bigger ones. I guess that's kinda what I'm going for with this one. Hell I don't know what I'm going for, lol. Just that I want it to be right.

[Nixon]

Re: Making a book - help

Sometimes there are print shops (blueprint/ad type shops) that specialize in making hardbound books. You might call around and see about their rates. If it's a low print run it might end up costing more.

[Smurvis]

Re: Making a book - help

If anyone else has any information or tips, please feel free to post them

[Roneatek]

Re: Making a book - help

Lulu is great, I have printed all my books with them. Just format your .doc the way you want your book to look and then upload it. Lulu will automatically convert it into a PDF and you can buy the book. Its great!