Hi IKAG,
I am feeling a bit stressed and uncertain at the moment. I am a small home based publisher. The thing is I hire a Toshiba printer at R2 633 pm so can print books or anything that’s A4, A3 or A5. The problem is I don’t have a binding machine yet so am unable to bind the books. I have made enquiries locally at printers but they are not willing to do small quantities, or the price is R400 to R1 000 per book. The books can’t be sold for that.
One client has educational books and will only need 1 to 5 copies at a time until we get the educational department on board. My other clients will be 20 to 50 copies or more depending on their needs. Is there anyone out there in North Riding or surrounds who would be willing to come on board with me and bind the books? Perfect binding and saddle stitch binding. If there’s anyone who would be willing to print them too that would be awesome, then I can return the Toshiba and not worry about that extra cost especially if I don’t print anything in a month.
I do have a PDF of the educational books if anyone would like to quote on printing/binding.
If I do continue printing them myself, I would like recommendations for paper suppliers please so if anyone knows of any. Delivery would be great.
Have a lovely day xx