[FM Discuss] book making

[Janet Swisher]

Wow, cool. FLOSS Manuals keeps getting lower tech :-)

You could sign those hand-made books and charge a bigger premium.

Speaking of local production, any movement on the newsprint idea? Seth
Godin is predicting that there will be no significant newspapers
printed on paper by 2012:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/04/sixty-to-zero.html
I haven't heard anybody talking about what's happening to all those
presses. Are they just getting scrapped? May need to move fast before
they disappear.


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 4:23 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> hey
>
> Thanks jay for this suggestion. I would love ot be in touch with some
> book makers.
>
> As for the book making itself. Adam Thomas, a friend from Berlin, and I
> have made some nice books with a bound spine. Its a very simple method
> but can look very nice if done well. The thing is, it brings the cost of
> the book to produce under what Lulu can produce them for. So I am
> thinking if people like the idea, and like the product, we could still
> sell the lulu books but sell the hand made books at a slightly higher
> price.
>
> If we document the process it also means that we can have local
> production of the books as well. Instead of ordering x books from lulu
> to take to a festival or event, for example anyone could just make the
> books locally for cheaper, and sell them or give them away.
>
> I will put some pictures up online when i have some good photos of what
> we have tried so far.
>
> any thoughts on this?
>
> adam
>