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wmperry@aventail.com (William M. Perry) writes:

>   Well, I talked to them yesterday, and they said for anything under ~500
> copies, the price would be prohibitive.  For a book that large, they'd have 
> to do it on a big press (print 4 8.5x11 sheets on one large one and
> trim/fold, etc), which still means 75 separate plates for the press, and
> they cost ~$10 apiece.  That would be a one-time charge, but a biggie.
> Then you have minimum charges for press time (setup & cleanup are pretty
> static, and runs of 100-200 are hardly worth doing).

Right.  I was afraid one would have to do Serious Print Runs to get
anything resembling a reasonable price...

Oh, well.  Perhaps the FSF will do one.  :-)

Thanks for investigating.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen