Oh, Great Wise One (otherwise known as David Bolack),
Please enlighten those less informed than thyself on some of the mysteries
that thou hast revealed...
Or in other words, tell us more!
* It sounds like you're then going straight to LPI, not through iUniverse.
You therefore don't get some of the extra services: ISBN, available through
Ingram, etc. Right?
* But then you mention Wizards Attic. Please elucidate. Mayhaps this is a
better thing for gamers than Ingram?
* How might a small operator go to LPI with a book for printing? To Wizards
Attic with a book for distributing?
Thank you for the information, Great Wise One. We await enlightenment.
Martin L. Shoemaker
Emerald Software, Inc. -- Custom Software and UML Training
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www.EmeraldSoftwareInc.com
www.UMLBootCamp.com
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Bolack
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] Publishing option
>Here's the other caveat. Lightning print is decent but not yet equivalent
>quality to the mass-quantity printers. (SJ Games recently had occasion to
>look into LP as an option, and we decided not to go with them yet precisely
>for the quality reason.) The hope is that the printing will continue to
>improve until LP is indistinguishable from other printing processes.
I do use LPI, three books so far. It's a high speed laser so it'll
never look quite like traditional print and the QA is still kinda
shoddy. Partly because their process was designed for paperbacks, for the
most part, so artwork was not much of a consideration. The other major
issue is they've grown at an absurd rate and been adding extra shifts and
extra lines. Looking at my reprints I can almost tell you when it happened
each time. :)
Plus side of LPI. It is better than a Kinko's special, you can do hard
covers ( currently only in 6x9 ), and your setup costs are minimal ( Under
$100 in most cases. ) If you are a Wizard's Attic client ( something
everyone should look into ) they'll order for you and apply it against your
account, making you out of pocket money even less. WA sells at pretty much
every level and is an environment that encourages distributors to consider
small number restocks, thus keeping you in stock and available to the
retailer.
There are simple tricks and rules to keep in mind while doing layout
for an LPI book and the quality is less distinguishable from a Whitehall
run. It'll never compare with McNaughton and Gunn or Bang, but it's not a
bad setup.
Another plus. The account rep who handles game books is a gamer and
married to an industry freelancer. This seems to help. :)
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