> Don Lancaster (electronics guy who invented the video typewriter in the 70s)
> really pushes the "book on demand" publishing thing. The main problem with
> doing it yourself is that there are no sensible binding options available
> for the cheap. But he has a lot of ideas on this and starting your own
> technical venture at <http://www.tinaja.com/>. Most of the info is in PDF
> format.
Yes, there ARE binding options. They're new. Book-on-demand publishing is
available commercially, but I haven't had time to track down who's doing
it. And I should.
I wrote a book called "How To Have Fun and Make Money Driving a ____ Cab"
four years ago that I've sold to several dozen cab companies on disk, with
changes to match their local laws and company policies. You buy it on
disk, preformatted in Word (or whatever you like) for printing and
stapling at Kinko's of any local equivalent. I charge them $1 per cab for
the "first printing" and a dime a cab for updates.
The basic version runs 64 pp, 5.5 X 8.5 inches, a nice size to go on a
cab's dashboard.
The money from this helped me buy a limo a get out of the cab business...
--Robin
