Hi All,
10+ years ago I owned a large digital pre-press company and it was a great experience and lifestyle (but many late nights!). I am now involved in book publishing and I was very surprised that all the on demand hard cover book printers are 8.5 x 11 (lightning Press or CreateSpace).
I'm looking for a printer that could help me and wondered if this limitation is digital press related or simply that I have not found the right printer with the right equipment. If short run presses exist that can print a hard cover 9 x 12 finished book, what type of equipment is that so I can search for a printer... I realize that larger than 8.5 x 11 short run brings up more time in binding etc, but there seems to be a real demand for self publishers (especially children's books).
thanks
10+ years ago I owned a large digital pre-press company and it was a great experience and lifestyle (but many late nights!). I am now involved in book publishing and I was very surprised that all the on demand hard cover book printers are 8.5 x 11 (lightning Press or CreateSpace).
I'm looking for a printer that could help me and wondered if this limitation is digital press related or simply that I have not found the right printer with the right equipment. If short run presses exist that can print a hard cover 9 x 12 finished book, what type of equipment is that so I can search for a printer... I realize that larger than 8.5 x 11 short run brings up more time in binding etc, but there seems to be a real demand for self publishers (especially children's books).
thanks