The head cold medication had me in a bit of a fog as I spoke yesterday. Don't know if I made much sense about how we do the yearbook at CCE. I'm sure the pundits are salivating with the first sentence. Here it goes.
Last year with a commercial yearbook provider, yearbook cost just under $7000 for 100 book with 100 pages(with 6 pages of color). At that time I asked what a full color book would cost (at 2003 prices it would have been over $12,000). For the last five years, we have been using the AEA to print the book (about 100 page for about $10) and having a second company (currently http://www.dilleymfg.com/) to bind and put on a hardback cover.(for about $20 per book) A neighboring school has recently been given a quote from a commercial publishing at $ 6,000 for setup and $40 per book, which would make ours at about $ 10,000. That's a savings of $7,000 of general fund money and less stress in seeking ads for the book. We sell the book for $30, thus breaking even in the process. We've reduced the cost of our ads, but still bring in about $3,000 to be used towards software, hardware, and training materials. Again, not using general funds. We used CS 3 from Adobe for all phases of its creation. The AEA (bmclar...@aea8.k12.ia.us<mailto:bmclar...@aea8.k12.ia.us>) has provided us with a template which in the end is exported to a pdf. The cover for the book is also made into a pdf. They too, provided a template for sizing based upon the number of pages in the book. I do have a few samples left that I can route your way on the van. If you have more questions, I'll gladly work with you. Just drop me a line. That's about it, time to take another dose of cold medication. Murray Gafkjen Clay Central Everly
