The many questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread XXI

[aimeeandbeatles]

People are throwing out stereo speakers all the time. The big speakers have big magnets in them.

Not here, because here you have to take it to a recycling place to get rid of it.

 

[Synobun]

I'm looking for a company/service that can print one book. Yes, just one. No multiple copies.

The book binding would be of extremely good quality. The binding would be along the lines of this except of course polished, new, and not damaged.

The book would come with an attached bookmark. A ribbon that is attached to the binding like certain large hardcover books have.

Furthermore, the company or service should be capable of customizing the printing themselves, so that I can send in the manuscript, explain what font, design, and layout I wish to have and they would do that, no questions asked.

Price is of no concern. Are there any companies that do this? It doesn't need to be local. As long as they can ship the final product in a way that it does not get damaged.

 

[Borachio]

What? Leather bound, and printed on velum even?

If price is of no concern, you'll surely have no trouble at all.

 

[Zelig]

I'm looking for a company/service that can print one book. Yes, just one. No multiple copies.

The book binding would be of extremely good quality. The binding would be along the lines of this except of course polished, new, and not damaged.

The book would come with an attached bookmark. A ribbon that is attached to the binding like certain large hardcover books have.

Furthermore, the company or service should be capable of customizing the printing themselves, so that I can send in the manuscript, explain what font, design, and layout I wish to have and they would do that, no questions asked.

Price is of no concern. Are there any companies that do this? It doesn't need to be local. As long as they can ship the final product in a way that it does not get damaged.

University libraries should be able to do this - they don't typically run as a business for this though, you'd have to get in touch with the right people.

(Source: I got my undergrad thesis nicely printed and bound since I knew a guy who worked at my school's library.)

 

[Synobun]

University libraries should be able to do this - they don't typically run as a business for this though, you'd have to get in touch with the right people.

(Source: I got my undergrad thesis nicely printed and bound since I knew a guy who worked at my school's library.)

Hm, that is certainly an option. I'll be using my college library a lot when I start in May to do printing, so I figure I'll get into some type of communication with the staff there. I can ask there.

Are there any companies?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Doesn't amazon do some sort of self publishing of physical books? Or kinko's?

 

[GenMarshall]

Is it possible to make RL friends even if one has none?

 

[_random_]

Yeah.

 

[Synobun]

Doesn't amazon do some sort of self publishing of physical books? Or kinko's?

I don't want to publish a book.

 

[Farm Boy]

Is it possible to make RL friends even if one has none?

Indeed, though it's somewhat less convenient. A shared interest or activity usually has to drive that if skipping the whole a friend of a friend is my friend introduction. I usually suggest getting into something niche like painting Warhammer figurines or Magic the Gathering, but both of those get spendy really fast. Well, maybe Warhammer could be done on the relatively cheap if one were dedicated enough to the crafting side to get into ordering old mismatched discards off the internet and then reshaping and repainting them to suit. Would still need someplace that those aficionados gather to play.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I don't want to publish a book.

Then you may be out of luck. If you want to have a specialty one-off edition of someone else's book, you may not be able to do it if it isn't in the public domain. Publishers usually have exclusive rights to publish a book and you'll have a hard time trying to convince them to make you a special copy.

Possible solution: Retype or copypasta the whole thing yourself and then publish it through amazon as if it were your own.

 

[Arakhor]

Wouldn't that be breach of copyright then?

 

[Synobun]

Then you may be out of luck. If you want to have a specialty one-off edition of someone else's book, you may not be able to do it if it isn't in the public domain. Publishers usually have exclusive rights to publish a book and you'll have a hard time trying to convince them to make you a special copy.

Possible solution: Retype or copypasta the whole thing yourself and then publish it through amazon as if it were your own.

It would be my book. I never asked on how to change the book binding of an already published novel authored by another.

 

[Borachio]

I think there are several publishers on-line that only produce an actual hard copy when they have an order for one. Maybe that's the way to go.

I can't see, if price is no object, that getting someone to professionally bind a single copy of your own work would be any problem at all.

I'm a bit mystified why you'd want to do this though.

Unless, I suppose, as a unique gift for someone.

 

[Synobun]

I think there are several publishers on-line that only produce an actual hard copy when they have an order for one. Maybe that's the way to go.

I can't see, if price is no object, that getting someone to professionally bind a single copy of your own work would be any problem at all.

I'm a bit mystified why you'd want to do this though.

A gift.

Edit: Nice ninja-edit.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Wouldn't that be breach of copyright then?

Yes it would. I don't know if they check to see if every self-published book is a violation of copyright or not. I think they probably don't.

It would be my book. I never asked on how to change the book binding of an already published novel authored by another.

Then publish it yourself through Amazon or kinko's. Getting one book published is still 'publishing a book' which you said you don't want to do. This is where I was getting confused because I told you about Amazon thinking it was your book you wanted printed, then you said you didn't want to publish a book, which led to my last suggestion. The confusion is over the word publishing, I think. In any case my bad.

I have used kinko's (IIRC) to print out a manuscript once, but I did it with the cheapest options available and couldn't tell you if they could do exactly what you want. Worth looking into though.


Also:

I think there are several publishers on-line that only produce an actual hard copy when they have an order for one. Maybe that's the way to go.

I can't see, if price is no object, that getting someone to professionally bind a single copy of your own work would be any problem at all.

I'm a bit mystified why you'd want to do this though.

Unless, I suppose, as a unique gift for someone.

 

[GinandTonic]

Google bookbinders.

My first localised result prob isnt relevant to you but I'm sure you must have a local service.

 

[The_J]

Is it possible to make RL friends even if one has none?

Yeah.

Spending time together helps, even if you don't share any interests .
Guess for most people that is work, but every time spend together, if it's done regularly, counts for that, I guess.
I mean if you walk with your dog, and you meet the same persons every day and talk to them, or if you if have to wait at a bus station with only a few people regularly, then this can be enough to start something.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Is it possible to make RL friends even if one has none?

Is it possible to go back to school by taking a course or two at a community college? That would be a great place to start.

 

[salty mud]

When a girl invites you back to her country, offers to let you stay at her house and even offers to drive you around everywhere so you can see the sights, and when I asked if she was being serious she replied with "yes," being very serious... Is this a sign of interest?

Serious question. I thought women were subtle creatures. This is as subtle as a car crash. And I still don't get it.