Find Yourself A Good Local Printer
What ever your going to do when it comes to on-line business I think the
first rule of advise I would give is to find yourself a good, honest,
local print shop.
Whoa you say...I have a printer and Adobe and
Firefox what do I need with a print shop?
Let me share an experience with you. Recently, I started a little project.
I wanted to make some cardboard inserts for a game that I invented called
"Misunderestimate"
. I did not want to pay for the game to be manufactored so I decided to
do it all myself. After hours on the internet learning everything about
chip board, card board, die cutters, steel rule cutters, box making, and
a kazillion other things I called Trentsprints
in Milton Florida and met Terry Spears. Things started looking up!
Terry, his wife Helen and their two children run this wonderful little print
shop way the heck out in the middle
of nowhere. Which is close to me ! So this is good! Trentsprints publishes
books, magazines and Brochures and has a good understanding of the web and best
of all they have the time to help you even if your not spending a fortune. Trent
is also involved in the community and recently gave a talk
to the Santa Rosa Writers Assoiciation about Publishing options.
Here is some of the information from the web site:
"We strive to break the corporate client-agent relationship
in hopes of re-establishing the more gratifying approach long left behind, 'Mom
and Pop' attitude with a globally competitive product."... Sounds
good to me!
Terry, through his numerous contacts, knew what kind of paper I would need
to build the boxes for my game. He knew where I could get dies made if I needed
them. He knew how to talk paper and weights and stuff like that. Yes, I could
make my own contacts. Order direct and save a few bucks but what
about my time? It is well worth the small amount extra I would
pay to
1. Get the right thing the first time and
2. Spend my time doing something I know a little(very little)
about.
So IMHO if you do any amount of business in board games, pdf's, game manufacturing
or book publishing, you are going to need a good print service. So in Milton
at least, call Trentsprints.
