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QC Book.
Jimor:
--- Quote from: Evil_Lathander on 05 Jun 2009, 23:52 ---If anybody is going to collect all the comics and put them into one folders, I'm seriously gonna laugh at them, caus Jeph allready has that. Ask him to zip if up for 10 bucks or something like that.
He should run the entire folder through www.smush.it before zipping it up though.
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Can I laugh at you for thinking he meant a computer folder rather than an actual real life paper folder? :roll:
Evil_Lathander:
--- Quote from: Jimor on 06 Jun 2009, 00:38 ---
--- Quote from: Evil_Lathander on 05 Jun 2009, 23:52 ---If anybody is going to collect all the comics and put them into one folders, I'm seriously gonna laugh at them, caus Jeph allready has that. Ask him to zip if up for 10 bucks or something like that.
He should run the entire folder through www.smush.it before zipping it up though.
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And I'm laughing at you for assuming you'd get it in print for a mere 10$
Can I laugh at you for thinking he meant a computer folder rather than an actual real life paper folder? :roll:
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Llewellian:
I really would like if that comic would go into print.
I follow several online comics, and whenever they go into print i am so going to buy them. Megatokyo, Wapsi Square and else. I mean, i collect comics anyway (european art print ones only, no Superhero comics like DC and such) and i get my kicks out of printed comics. Best webcomic went to print form until today is Gunnerkrigg Court. Man. Hardcover Book, sturdy with extra binding design. Jeez, that makes a bibliophile happy ;o).
So, pleease...pretty please with extra cherry on top ^^. Do it.
Steve the Pocket:
Jeph is too cool for print-on-demand. The fact that his t-shirts are printed professionally should have told you that. ;) Seriously, though, the only real player in that market is Lulu (Plan Nine has been kaput for years now, and the only clients of theirs that I knew said they were horrible at keeping their stuff available), and from what I've seen, their quality is only marginally better than running off the pages on a home inkjet printer. Plus, have you seen their prices on full-color books? They're just pretendous.
As far as formatting, it looks like virtually every strip in the archive is in four mostly-wide panels, so rearranging them into two rows of two would probably be the best move. The end product would be taller than it is wide, appropriate for most bookshelves.
Jimor:
Given the overall readership Jeph has, standard offset printing is going to be way more cost effective than print on demand, it really only takes 1000 or fewer copies for the cost curves to cross, especially since we're talking about full color. A smaller press with experience in the comic/webcomic field would probably be best.
Distribution right now would be the main problem. It's not likely to hit the chain bookstores, and in reality, dealing with them as a small press is very dangerous because of the potential of massive returns where you end up with thousands of copies of shelf-worn books that you just gave a full refund to the store because they didn't feel like carrying it any more. Online sales and special orders through brick-n-mortar stores would be the main route.
But since Jeph wouldn't be relying on shelf presence or outside promotion in order to generate sales, this really isn't an issue blocking success of the venture. It's more about finding the sweet spot on print run size that provides a nice price point for buyers and profit margin for Jeph.
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