Where can I create a custom planner / calendar that's POD?

June 22, 2015 1:35 PM

I had the idea that I'd like to create a custom calendar, titled "The Queer Agenda," with holidays and events of note relating to queer history. I would like to do so in a Print on Demand shop where people who like the concept can buy it in variations of school planner and wall calendar. Zazzle and Cafe Press will let me choose pictures and title text, but not day-to-day text, and they also only do wall calendars. This will not work. Many companies like Modern Postcard, Vistaprint, and Snapfish will let me customize days, but they do not offer print on demand designer storefronts. Any recommendations for services that might work better or ideas for how to proceed?
posted by Alex Haist to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Are you close to an EBM or could you reach out to an EBM holder with an online presence? Even though there's no storefront option, there is a distribution service.
posted by wizardpants at 2:31 PM on June 22, 2015

You may actually have some success working with a local print shop, e.g. not a FedEx/Kinkos but a place run by people who know a lot about printing and print-oriented design. The one in my neighborhood has been very helpful for me on everything from rush work projects to pointing me in the direction of good versus bad online service options for tasks they can't take on.

Also, I would like to get a copy of your final calendar!
posted by late afternoon dreaming hotel at 3:15 PM on June 22, 2015

Best answer: lulu.com ?
posted by Jack Karaoke at 4:45 PM on June 22, 2015

Please put your calendar onto MeFi Projects when it's done!
posted by daisyk at 5:41 AM on June 23, 2015

Response by poster: Lulu.com appears to be exactly what I'm looking for. I'll have to poke at it a bit more to be sure, but I can definitely modify events, and it appears to make it easy to get the calendar up on bookseller websites. (Hopefully, it will let me sell the calendar as well as books). Thanks, Jack! And everyone else, too. I'll definitely post a link on projects once I get this rolling.
posted by Alex Haist at 11:24 AM on June 23, 2015