Re: Self-publication -- a costing.Richard: " If you want to learn how a computer works,Get a Wintel. " We Have Been Here Before. What's a Wintel? Robin. (PS -- flying from totalrarian abuse [LIKE that mis-spelling!], Ouspensky's dancers would have gone down a bundle at the Edinburgh Fringe.) [PPS Real Programmers use OS9 as a platform. Who needs Macs? Who needs Linux?] Re: Self-publication -- a costing. Richard: Partial reply ... " Heck, you could just *stamp* the numbers at the bottom of the page; certain piquant authenticity with that move. " Heck again, cracked that one (pace dave "no page numbers" bircumshaw) early -- insert by hand and centre on the column/page. What's currently cracking my skull is paginating the run -- Chide runs to 64 pages, which is EVIL to do. And Josephine was right here -- costing in staples counts ... " I'm trying to fix the air conditioner in my Dodge and just learned that we have an electrical switching problem. Look at a lamp. If it isn't the bulb and it isn't the wall switch - well, you track it down. Gurdjieff warned us against this electricity; the man had a point. " Buy a Ford Give up reading Gurdjieff. Ouspensky. Whoever. ANYONE with a russian name. Take up ballet Read Colin Wilson " I could say more but too many chefs spaz the pot. " spatchcocks suck. Get out of Norbert Wiener's Skinnerbox. [Hey -- does pulse code modulation spring to mind?] Oops -- Robin is more than mildly freaked. " Will backchannel apropos ISBN biz. " Actually, the crunch here seems to be an ISSN number for Chide. The one thing that +isn't+ a problem is the wraparound cover (price aside) and I can (if I'm feeling lazy) do the ISSN number on the inside of that. Off to buy a Mac if it were next Wednesday ... Robin --