In a moment of madness I agreed (don't hold your breath, people) to produce
the hard-copy edition of Chide_1 for david bircumshaw.
As a dry-run for this (Chide_1 comes to 64 pages + -- +quite+ plus!), I ran
off a 14 page pamphlet of my own [Greek] translations.
Printed out, this takes four sheets of A4.
Counting the cost of laser printing ...
[OBLIGATORY WARNING -- +Don't+ try this at home on an ink-jet -- the costs
skyrocket.]
... it would run at less than one [British] penny a page. So the whole
doings cost physically under 40p.
Hardware is a Samsung laser printer (about £170 from Tesco) and an long-arm
stapler (£15 -- you might need a powered stapler to punch through
twenty-four sheets).
But the bottom line would seem to be that you can produce a 24 page A5
center-stapled pamphlet for _well_ under 50p a copy.
Add in 50p for p&p and you're still running at +well+ under a quid.
So who's making the profit from all those £2.50 tat magazines? [No names, no
pack drill] -- the printers, presumably.
MORAL: Do it yourself ...
Robin
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