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Summary: Offset printing used to be a popular way to print books, but now it is used primarily for high-volume printing. Use offset book printing to publish a large quantity of pages with tips from a publishing editor in this free video on book publication and production.
Paula Winters is the editor of Published by Westview, Inc. She has published authors throughout the United States and several foreign countries, working with authors self-publishing...read more
"Offset printing use to be the way to go for printing books. Now it's pretty much use just for high volume printing, because you have to print so may to get it in your price range. So now and days most people are going to self print on demand type printing, where you don't have to print thousands and thousands of books. Offset printing is one of those huge machines that prints pages and pages and pages very quickly. The quality is great, but once again, you're going to spend a lot of money and you have to print thousands of books in order to make it cost effective, or before any offset printer would even consider doing the job. So look into your options, because now and days there are a lot more options than just your offset printing. There's print on demand, there's self publishing, even traditional publishers don't use offset printing as much anymore, because they're not willing to print quite as many books as they use to, once upon a time. So be sure to check your website, do your research, find out if offset printing is what you need, or if you can go with one of the other newer products that are out there and available."
eHow Article: Offset Book Printing
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