Posted by Jack Lane Jr on August 23, 2006 at 10:22 PM
I read the interesting article on self publishing by Mark Hobson. I was thinking about making a calendar with some of my images that I sell at gallery near me. My question is does anybody know of a company that makes professional looking calendars for a reasonable price. I would appreciate any input.
Thanks
Jack Lane
Posted by dan elster on August 24, 2006 at 12:07 AM
www.lulu.com. Not as slick as some you see, but pretty darn good.
Posted by Bill Chambers on August 24, 2006 at 2:31 PM
You might want to contact Jery Greer, a fellow NPN'er - I believe he publishes calendars. You can see his website HERE.
Posted by Jack Lane Jr on August 25, 2006 at 5:39 AM
you could also try shutterfly.com, I think they will make calanders too.
Posted by Robert Fisher on November 17, 2006 at 2:28 PM
Jack, are you looking to make a one-off or are you looking to do a run to sell? I looked into this a while ago for a project I'm working on and Shutterfly seemed more of a place to do a one-off. Their pricing was about $20 per calendar and I couldn't find anything at the time for volume pricing. Didn't leave a lot of room for profitability and still keep the price of the calendar reasonable. Lulu is more designed, I believe, for people who want to self-publish and sell in volume. I haven't used either, these are just my impressions from when I looked at them a year or so ago.
Another option might be to go the full DIY route if you're looking to do volume to sell. Software like SmartDraw or Calendar Creator (I'm not too familiar with this one) allows you to choose from a plethora of templates or create your own. You can choose the size and quality of paper stock. As far as binding, you can have them simply folded and centre stapled or a Cerlox or other coil type binding machine isn't that expensive. For that matter, Kinkos can probably do it pretty cheaply. You could even print a master yourself and have a Kinkos or similar store make quality colour photocopies on stock you supply fairly reasonably.
Posted by Dan Marquis on December 6, 2006 at 9:20 PM
Robert,
One calender at Lulu will cost you $11 and some change. Order as few as 25 and the price drops. I made one for a fund raising project and ordered 50; the price was between $9 & $10 each. We sold them for $15.00
Very nice looking too.
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Jack Lane
Jack
Another option might be to go the full DIY route if you're looking to do volume to sell. Software like SmartDraw or Calendar Creator (I'm not too familiar with this one) allows you to choose from a plethora of templates or create your own. You can choose the size and quality of paper stock. As far as binding, you can have them simply folded and centre stapled or a Cerlox or other coil type binding machine isn't that expensive. For that matter, Kinkos can probably do it pretty cheaply. You could even print a master yourself and have a Kinkos or similar store make quality colour photocopies on stock you supply fairly reasonably.
One calender at Lulu will cost you $11 and some change. Order as few as 25 and the price drops. I made one for a fund raising project and ordered 50; the price was between $9 & $10 each. We sold them for $15.00
Very nice looking too.
Dan