print – goodolvic

Hoping this reaches self-publishing Tumblr somehow:

What’s a good self-publishing imprint for books? I wrote something that I don’t really need to sell, but I would like a tiny run of physical copies to give out to friends and family and such (and yes, the satisfaction of holding a printed copy of the thing).

The main files are all Google docs, which exports to all the main document filetypes.
I’ve already formatted it and made it available as an ebook, not that it helps with a print-ready version. But you know, there’s been some work there.
I can do the setup myself according to given specifications since I have experience with print layouts (though please tell me I don’t need to actually bring this into whatever book layout software is used these days by the pros).
Paperback is likely the route I’d take, keep it simple.
Oh and a glossy color cover for sure, but the interior is black and white.

I can certainly do a quick search and find many results, so I guess I’m hoping for any pointers toward companies that are high quality or not unethical in some way.

geekynerfherder:

Prints and sketchbook by João Ruas

‘There Will Be Blood’
Officially licensed 24" x 36" screen print, in a numbered AP edition of 47 for $200.

‘Shepherds’
16" x 28" giclee print, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 35 for $90.

‘Minion II’
3.75" x 5.75" leatherbound 72 page sketchbook, in a limited edition.

On sale Friday April 29 at 2pm CT through The Vacvvm.

I came of age in a time when everything was completely uncertain, and I’m happy to be part of a new generation that’s turning things over, but we were turning things over while print floundered and wondered what to do with itself. And it had been the stalwart thing, this very, very reliable dependable thing for generations, print. And we watched it die from up on our hill of youth. You kind of get the sense that you’re not safe. That’s coming for you, too, but you don’t know what it looks like for you. That’s kind of bleak, I suppose.

Kate Beaton interviewed by The Guardian, September 2015

I came of age in a time when everything was completely uncertain, and I’m happy to be part of a new generation that’s turning things over, but we were turning things over while print floundered and wondered what to do with itself. And it had been the stalwart thing, this very, very reliable dependable thing for generations, print. And we watched it die from up on our hill of youth. You kind of get the sense that you’re not safe. That’s coming for you, too, but you don’t know what it looks like for you. That’s kind of bleak, I suppose.

Kate Beaton interviewed by The Guardian, September 2015