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,

On 5/27/2013 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,

Our family did this about 8 months ago, and the biggest problem was
getting everyone to submit their recipes.

We ordered ours he
http://www.cookbookpeople.com/

These cookbooks are full sized and there is plenty of room to add more
recipes. Everybody in our family got one, my sister and I wanted all of
the children and grandchildren have one. Good luck with yours, I think
it is a wonderful idea.

Becca

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.

On 5/27/2013 1:44 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,


There are lots of unanswered questions in your description, Dave:

Will it be sold outside the family?

How many copies will you need to distribute?

What price-per-copy are you hoping for?

Are you doing all the tech support? (That's the hardest part after
hounding people to send you their recipes!)

It sounds like an interesting project. Dimitri has done something like
that in loose-leaf format (I think) for his daughters. He might have
some good suggestions.

gloria p

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'm so glad you're taking on this challenge. I had two sisters-in-law who
were just wonderful at cooking. I followed them around during their grand
productions asking questions and taking notes. They were truly grand. Both
SIL had 2 sons, no daughters. I've wondered if any of their offspring would
be interested in their recipes and notes. Polly

On 5/28/2013 1:23 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> 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'm so glad you're taking on this challenge. I had two sisters-in-law
> who were just wonderful at cooking. I followed them around during their
> grand productions asking questions and taking notes. They were truly
> grand. Both SIL had 2 sons, no daughters. I've wondered if any of
> their offspring would be interested in their recipes and notes. Polly
>
A little bit of thread drift here... many years ago I managed to
recreate Grandma McQuown's [Pennsylvania Dutch] potato soup with what
she called rivlets (rivels - tiny egg dumplings). My dad and his sister
(my Aunt Winifred) had not managed to do so. Dad tried it and said yes!
That's it! <G> I posted the recipe here and one of my cousins
stumbled across my post [elsewhere] online. He called his mom (my Aunt
Win) and she was thrilled when he told her he'd found it.

All that to say I'll bet some of those offspring would be happy to have
copies of those recipes and your notes.

Jill

On 05/27/2013 11:15 PM, gloria p wrote:
> On 5/27/2013 1:44 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,
>
>
> There are lots of unanswered questions in your description, Dave:
>
> Will it be sold outside the family?

The family will account for the majority, some friends of family will be
the rest. I don't see making the cookbook available to the general
public, but who knows.

>
> How many copies will you need to distribute?

I anticipate less than three dozen.

>
> What price-per-copy are you hoping for?

This has not been discussed, but my guess is between $10 and $20.

>
> Are you doing all the tech support? (That's the hardest part after
> hounding people to send you their recipes!)

Yes. By that I mean turning the recipe cards, the text notes, etc. into
the final format (which is still undecided). I may also take some
pictures of some of the recipes. Recipe collection, artistic decisions,
and customer relations are being done by my better half.

>
> It sounds like an interesting project. Dimitri has done something like
> that in loose-leaf format (I think) for his daughters. He might have
> some good suggestions.

Who is Dimitri?

>
> gloria p

"Dave" > wrote in message
...
> On 05/27/2013 11:15 PM, gloria p wrote:
>> On 5/27/2013 1:44 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,
>>
>>
>> There are lots of unanswered questions in your description, Dave:
>>
>> Will it be sold outside the family?
>
> The family will account for the majority, some friends of family will be
> the rest. I don't see making the cookbook available to the general
> public, but who knows.
>
>>
>> How many copies will you need to distribute?
>
> I anticipate less than three dozen.
>
>>
>> What price-per-copy are you hoping for?
>
> This has not been discussed, but my guess is between $10 and $20.
>
>>
>> Are you doing all the tech support? (That's the hardest part after
>> hounding people to send you their recipes!)
>
> Yes. By that I mean turning the recipe cards, the text notes, etc. into
> the final format (which is still undecided). I may also take some
> pictures of some of the recipes. Recipe collection, artistic decisions,
> and customer relations are being done by my better half.
>
>>
>> It sounds like an interesting project. Dimitri has done something like
>> that in loose-leaf format (I think) for his daughters. He might have
>> some good suggestions.
>
> Who is Dimitri?

He is a poster here, Dave. Can't say I have seen much of him recently
though.

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"Ophelia" > wrote in message
...

>> Who is Dimitri?
>
> He is a poster here, Dave. Can't say I have seen much of him recently
> though.

I just checked. He last posted on 18/5 in the Angel Food thread.

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On 5/28/2013 11:11 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Ophelia" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>> Who is Dimitri?
>>
>> He is a poster here, Dave. Can't say I have seen much of him recently
>> though.
>
> I just checked. He last posted on 18/5 in the Angel Food thread.
>
He's an old-timer on rfc and probably posts to the FB group. He's also
had some recent issues with his right arm so typing in general has been
a problem.

Jill

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

"jmcquown" wrote in message ...

On 5/28/2013 1:23 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
>
> 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'm so glad you're taking on this challenge. I had two sisters-in-law
> who were just wonderful at cooking. I followed them around during their
> grand productions asking questions and taking notes. They were truly
> grand. Both SIL had 2 sons, no daughters. I've wondered if any of
> their offspring would be interested in their recipes and notes. Polly
>
A little bit of thread drift here... many years ago I managed to
recreate Grandma McQuown's [Pennsylvania Dutch] potato soup with what
she called rivlets (rivels - tiny egg dumplings). My dad and his sister
(my Aunt Winifred) had not managed to do so. Dad tried it and said yes!
That's it! <G> I posted the recipe here and one of my cousins
stumbled across my post [elsewhere] online. He called his mom (my Aunt
Win) and she was thrilled when he told her he'd found it.

All that to say I'll bet some of those offspring would be happy to have
copies of those recipes and your notes.

Jill

~~~~~~~
I had forgotten about rivlets. I grew up in northeast Ohio, and one of our
favorite restaurants for lunch was a place that specialized in a type of
chicken/vegetable soup with rivlets (not potato soup, although yours sounds
good). That was my "go-to" order when we ate there. Thanks for the
memories!

MaryL