Re: A paper manual

[William Perry <wmperry@aventail.com>]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) writes:
> 
> >   I used to work at a small printshop back in the dark ages, so could
> > probably get a deal on printing them.  We could do dual runs or something,
> > and I could take care of shipping to people in the united states, unless
> > postage is REAL cheap from overseas.
> 
> Air mail for a k of paper over the water is expen$ive, so a dual run
> would be interesting.

  Plus I'd get one faster!  :)

> >   To get a hardbound copy, you'd probably have to go to a 'vanity
> > press', and I'm not sure how expensive that is.  We did some hardbound
> > yearbooks or something one year that turned out nice, but I don't
> > remember how much we charged.
> 
> Er...  could you check?  There's no hurry or anything, though; I'll
> have to futz around quite a bit on my end before anything like this is
> going to happen.  (If it is.  :-)

  I need to talk to them about saving me some boxes and stuff for my
imminent move (last one for a while thank the gods), so I will ask them
then.  About how big is the LaTeX'd version of the manual, page wise?  I
don't have LaTeX on any of my systems right now, so can't check.  If
someone can give me the general page count, I can start the ball rolling.

  Would we want _real_ hardcover, or should I get a range of quotes?

-Bill P.