On 5/27/2013 10:49 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On May 27, 2:44 pm, Dave > wrote:
>> I'm assisting a family cookbook project (technical support I guess). My
>> involvement will be to get the book laid out and published. My
>> questions to those that have done something like this a
>>
>> * What were the problems you ran into and how did you solve them?
>> * How did you publish the cookbook - hard copy, web, etc?
>> * If you went for hard copy, was it a booklet, book, other?
>> * Did you self-publish or have a commercial printer do it? Were you
>> happy with the results and would you recommend them?
>> * If you self-published, what software did you use?
>> * What were the costs?
>> * Looking back, what would you have done different?
>>
>> Thanks for your time!
>>
>> Dave,
>
> I printed on my little home HP printer, six copies of a family recipe
> book .. 100 pages plus TOC and a couple pages of food quotes and a
> family dinner prayer page. It cost an ink cartridge, plus the cost of
> two reams of good, linen-finish paper, plus card stock front and back
> covers with clear plastic front and back, and commercially spiral
> bound. Less than $100 for the six copies.
>
> Spiral binding is the only way to do it, because the pages will lie
> flat when the book is opened. The trimmed size of mine was catalog-
> size ( that's what the printing industry calls it), 6" x 9".
>
> I also put some blank pages in the back so family members could paste
> (tape) in some of their own recipes, if they wanted. I illustrated
> some with my photos of the finished dish, or ClipArt images of fruits
> or veggies, etc.
>
> N.
>
I also printed my family cookbook on my home printer. I only made about
8 copies. It was loose leaf half pages - 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 which I bought
here -
http://www.lintonlabels.com/fillers/...derfiller.html
I bought the binders at Staples.
I included photos of the ones who submitted the recipe. Many were of my
Mother or Grandma who passed before my grandchildren were born. I was
able to write a comment about the person and when the dish was served.
It was a nice little family history and a fun project.
Good luck and enjoy. Rusty