Question by that_girl_there: I need to know how to print and bind a book at home.?
I want a website to tell me how to print and bind my own novel at home without fancy materials, machines or tools. I’ve written a novel but I don’t think Ill publish it its just for the family for now and i just want to make a couple of copies but I dont know how to set it up to print front and back on half pages and bind it.

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Answer by Lakely
You can buy black ink for your printer cartrige (ink jet) and just print the pages out on that. Go to your local quick print place and get the latest kind of binding done by them… it’s not expensive if you print the pages yourself.

Or go to an office supply place for ring binder equipment… people even sell ring bound books on Amazon… so it’s done rather commonly.

If you want to get fancy, do some artwork and have it copied on a color printer (for your cover)

Have fun and go ahead and list it on Amazon. If you have a great title you might sell a number of copies that will cover your expenses… and who knows… a publisher might see your work and want to give you a real contract.

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Question by Herbert: Where do large companies print their catalogs?
I work for a start up company. We currently have had someone who made up a powerpoint catalog. We are currently printing between 30-40 a month off a laser printer and binding them with a thermal binding machine. In the coming future we will need to print around 1000 catalogs (and maybe mail them). Mailing is a different issue but the printing part is this issue. This is a wholesale catalog so i’m looking for something that could have thick pages, be matte and full bleed. I do not want to have to print these in house.

I’ve seen sites like U-Print but we are looking for something a little different something local in new york area. Even if you do not know one what are these places called?
plan on printing 1k catalogs

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Answer by PiggiePants
Um, they’re called printers. You can find a list in the yellow pages, yellowpages.com or do a quick Yahoo search (printers + NYC) for a list. Call to get estimates of pricing and pick one that you can get to easily to check proofs, etc.

http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0oGk9YBotpK3WMAL4RXNyoA?p=printers+nyc&fr2=sb-top&sao=0

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I want a website to tell me how to print and bind my own novel at home without fancy materials, machines or tools. I’ve written a novel but I don’t think Ill publish it its just for the family for now and i just want to make a couple of copies but I dont know how to set it up to print front and back on half pages and bind it.

I work for a start up company. We currently have had someone who made up a powerpoint catalog. We are currently printing between 30-40 a month off a laser printer and binding them with a thermal binding machine. In the coming future we will need to print around 1000 catalogs (and maybe mail them). Mailing is a different issue but the printing part is this issue. This is a wholesale catalog so i’m looking for something that could have thick pages, be matte and full bleed. I do not want to have to print these in house.

I’ve seen sites like U-Print but we are looking for something a little different something local in new york area. Even if you do not know one what are these places called?
plan on printing 1k catalogs