Online Book Publisher Wanted

December 5, 2004 6:34 PM

I've almost completed a sort of tandem tag-team story written mostly while at work, where I'd write a paragraph, send it off to a friend, he'd write one, and so forth. Long story short - does anyone know of a company - possibly online? - that will take a text and make it into a small, pocket-sized book? Essentially, I want my crappy story to look like a real book without actually getting it published.
posted by ORthey to media & arts (4 answers total)

CafePress

Lulu

I've just "published" something through CafePress but I haven't received it yet so I can't rate on its quality. I'm not sure about Lulu, but due to erm, recent CafePress evilness (they were trying to take a bigger chunk of the meager profit that the shopkeepers were making) so maybe you should check Lulu out. I'm just going with CafePress for its familiarity.
posted by christin at 6:41 PM on December 5, 2004

If you want it to look like more of a magazine, I think Kinko's can do such things.
posted by Doohickie at 8:23 PM on December 5, 2004

DeHart's specializes in small-run book jobs. They're awesome.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 10:28 PM on December 5, 2004

On a side note, is there anyone in the UK that provides a similar service?
posted by seanyboy at 5:10 AM on December 6, 2004