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Do it yourself Publication Ideas
Perhaps you have ideas about publications you would like to bring to life. Like most would-be publishers, you probably believe that fancy equipment and oversized production facilities are a must. You could not be further from the truth. Self-publishing is possible. Even better, self-publishing is simple and affordable. All you need is a tabletop and the right equipment. The specific type of equipment you will need will depend on the type of document you would like to publish.
For many self-publishers, FastBack binding provides superior results for hardback and paperback books. In just a few minutes, you can teach yourself to use this machine to make beautifully bound documents in a variety of colors. This style works on documents ranging from three to 350 pages. When bound, FastBack documents lie flat for easy use and reference. You can even purchase components to emboss foil designs and text onto the covers. This is a premium solution with a premium price tag.
Another option that also provides that perfect bound look is thermal binding. This style binds your publication using a One Piece cover that is adhered to the book using a strip of heat-activated glue. These machines are a very affordable option ranging in price from $100-$150 for machines that can bind one book at a time. Not bad at all for perfect binding. With a price like that, you can pay for the machine with just a few sales of your self-published books.
Depending on your needs, color coil binding may be what you are looking for. You have seen this binding type on church cookbooks, workbooks, and school directories. Equipment associated with this type of binding is available in a huge range of prices and capabilities. One of the advantages of this type of binding is that the publications created can be turned 360 degrees. A nice feature of color coil binding is the degree of customization. You can choose custom covers and colored spines. You can even get the coils printed.
Plastic comb binding is similar to color coil binding in appearance, but it looks more like a comb (hence the name). This makes for easy photocopying and reading. This method also allows your publication to lie flat when opened. You can bind publications ranging from half an inch to two inches. Like spiral coil binding, plastic comb binding is very economical and easy.
With so many affordable self-publication options now available, you can get started on your project now. Some documents people frequently choose to self-publish include:
Collections of essays and poems
Family histories
Biographies
Novels
Scrapbooks
Portfolios
Cookbooks
Graphic Novel and comic books
Chapbooks
User guides
Think about the powerful impression your book can make by virtue of its professional binding. The greater the visual impact your publication has, the higher the price tag you can set for it. Consider starting your own press today using one of the binding methods outlined in this article.
About the Author
Jeff McRitchie is the director of marketing for MyBinding.com. He writes extensively on topics related to Binding Machines, Report Covers, Binding Supplies, Binders, Index Tabs, Laminators, Laminating Pouches and more.
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Comic Book Picture Frame - Regular / Current Size - Display Holder Mount #CXMMPF Sale Price: $22.25  |
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These frames are perfect for displaying your rare and collectible regular/current size comic books! The comic frames are plastic and come with a black matting. The design is very easy to use, there are no clips or taking apart of the frame required! Simply slide your comic into the side and it's ready for displaying! The frame comes with an already attached plastic hook for easy hanging... |
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100 Polypropylene (Plastic) Outer Sleeves with Flap for Paperback Books #MASPPB ( 5" x 7-3/8" with a 2" flap ) - Protect Against Dust & Wear on you books! Sale Price: $10.25 |
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These are Paperback Book size (5" x 7-3/8" with a 2" flap, or 127mm x 187.33mm with a 50.8mm flap) sleeves. The sleeves are 2 millimeters thick and are made of polypropylene. The sleeves have a flap on them that help protect the books from wear... |
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100 Cast Polypropylene (Plastic) Resealable Outer Sleeves with Flap for Silver Age Size Comics #CXSPSARS (7-3/8" x 10-1/4" with a 1" flap) - Protect Against Dust & Wear on you comics! Sale Price: $13.50 |
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These are Silver Age size (7-3/8" x 10 1/4" with a 1" flap) (or 187mm x 263mm +51mm flap) comic sleeves.The sleeves are 1.5 millimeters thick and are made of cast polypropylene. The sleeves have a flap on them with a RESEALABLE strip on the body of the bag to help protect the comics from wear... |
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Plastic Man: The Complete Collection List Price: $44.98 Sale Price: $12.90 Used From: $11.79 |
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PLASTIC MAN:COMPLETE COLLECTION - DVD Movie |
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500 Polypropylene (Plastic) Outer Sleeves with Flap for Life Size Magazines #MASPLI ( 11-1/4" x 14-1/4" with a flap ) - Protect Against Dust & Wear on your magazines! Sale Price: $59.95 |
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1000 Polypropylene (Plastic) Outer Sleeves with Flap for Life Size Magazines #MASPLI ( 11-1/4" x 14-1/4" with a flap ) - Protect Against Dust & Wear on your magazines! Sale Price: $94.95 |
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Superman Returns Table Cover List Price: $5.99 Sale Price: $4.79 |
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Superman Plastic Tablecovers measure 54 x 96. The tablecover features Superman. |
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DC Comics Death of Superman #75 Sale Price: $13.99 Used From: $13.99 |
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Do You Remember Where You Were The Day Superman Died? Superman #75 Black Bag November 18, 1992. The day Superman #75 was finally released. Over the course of the next few days' people who had never even dreamt of walking into a comic store were standing in line waiting to buy their copy... |
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PREMIUM Euro Game Play Card Sleeves (50 Sleeves/Pack - 59 MM X 92 MM) 125% Thicker - Designed for Game Play List Price: $2.50 Sale Price: $1.00 |
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Please note this is a 50 pack of PREMIUM THICKNESS card sleeves that are deluxe plastic sleeves to protect your cards from wear and tear, bending and more! If you play very many European Board Games you probably spend HUNDREDS and HUNDREDS of dollars on your games... |
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Spider-Man #1 Comic Book Scene Replica by Master Replicas Sale Price: $55.00 |
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Spider-Man #1 was one of the most popular single issues ever printed, and our Master Replicas' Scene Replica is sure to follow in its footsteps. This 1/12 scale sculpture includes both the three dimensional Spider-Man figure, and a raised background featuring all of the details from comic book's famous cover... |
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Comic Book $11.19 About a year ago four Swiss brothers smashed it with a couple of EPs featuring heavyweights Sizzla, Cutty Ranks and underground legends Oddatee and Sensational. BBC1's host Mary Anne (we're missing you!) Hobbs took notice and dropped the debut on her show - positioning Talen amidst the cream of the Bass scene. Instead of basking in the limelight and peacefully riding out the wave, the duo holed up in the studio for another year to create an even thicker package ... Comic Book is the end result! The EP features the vocal talent of Lady Saw,Turbulence and Ward 21. Remix duty is handled by the Bass mafia international: Stereotyp, Kalbata, Robot Koch, Reverse Engineering, Son Of Kick, Filewile, I-Wolf and King Aron. The package covers the chew-your-bass-cabinets-off type of Future Dancehall, explores detail filled Post Step and of course touches on some sounds that are just impossible to categorize! The vinyl includes all 3 Talen originals and remixes by Robot Koch, Son Of Kick and Kalbata. The rest of the package is available only as download (included with Vinyl 12') |
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Marvel Comic Book Covers XL Mural 6 x 10.5 $149 Love your comic book coversWan |
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Comic Book Confidential $16.96 Though aimed at those fastidious comic book collectors who spend exorbitant sums for old DC first editions (only to leave them unread and wrapped in plastic), Comic Book Confidential manages to convey the fanaticism and fun of this hobby to non-aficionados. Canadian director Ron Mann traces the history of the comic book industry, the idiotic purging of so-called violent comics in the 1950s, and the growth of the collectibles industry. Throughout the film, any comic book which does not meet Mann's exacting standards is trashed (Dell and Harvey, beware!) Among those interviewed are Marvel Comics mavens Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and EC mentors William M. Gaines and Will Elder. The underground comix movement is represented by Robert Crumb. Though he clearly loves comics, Ron Mann might have more successfully conveyed this with fewer clever camera angles. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi |
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The Great Comic Book Heroes $10.48 Fantagraphics is proud to publish Jules Feiffer's long out-of-print and seminal essay of comics criticism, The Great Comic Book Heroes, in a compact and affordable size. In 1965, Feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including Plastic Man, Batman, Superman, The Spirit and others. In the book, Feiffer writes about the unique the place of comics in the space between high and low art and the power which this space offers both the creator and reader. The Great Comic Book Heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages. Out of print for over 30 years, Feiffer's book discusses the role that the patriotic superhero played during World War II in shaping the public spirit of civilians and soldiers, as well as the escapist power these stories held over the zeitgeist of America. With wit and insight Feiffer discusses what the great comic book heroes meant to him as a child and later as an artist; along with his trenchant and wrly-written commentary, the book includes numerous illustrated examples of strips and characters discussed. |
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Comic Book Heroine Costume $69.5 Comic Book Heroine Costume |
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C.B.D.: the Comic Book Diaries $9.4 C.B.D.: the Comic Book Diaries |
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Crimson Thunder [+ Comic Book] $9.49 Crimson Thunder [+ Comic Book] |
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Electric Comic Book $7.99 Electric Comic Book |
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AMD Gift - Comic Book $19.99 Features: AMD Comic Book |
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Comic Book Lettering $8.75 Comic Book Lettering |
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Comic Book Tattoo $42.49 Comic Book Tattoo |
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Incredible Comic Book Women $17.93 Incredible Comic Book Women |
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Draw Comic Book Action $15.59 Draw Comic Book Action |
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Comic Book Nation $17.25 Comic Book Nation |
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2010 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide $19.99 No other guide on the market covers the volume of comic book listings and range of eras as Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide does, in an easy-to-use checklist format. Readers can access listings for 130,000 comics, issued since 1961, complete with names, cover date, creator information and near-mint pricing. With super-hero art on the cover and collecting details from the experts as America's longest-running magazine about comics in this book, there is nothing that compares. |
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The Language of Comic Narratives $137 The book offers a comprehensive account of how humor works in short stories, by presenting a model of narrative comedy that is pragmatically as well as semantically, grammatically and stylistically informed. It is the first study to combine a sequential analysis of the comic short story with a hierarchical one, merging together horizontal and vertical narratological perspectives in a systematic way. The book covers the main areas of linguistic analysis and is deliberately interdisciplinary, using input from philosophy, sociology and psychology so as to touch upon the nature, motivations and functions of humor as a cognitive phenomenon in a social context. Crucially, The Language of Comic Narratives combines a scholarly approach with a careful explanation of key terms and concepts, making it accessible to researchers and students, as well as non-specialists. Moreover, it reviews a broad range of historical critical data by examining the source texts, and it provides many humorous examples, from jokes to extracts from comic narratives. Thus, it seeks to anchor theory in specific texts, and also to show that many linguistic mechanisms of humor are common to jokes and longer, literary comic narratives. The book tests the model of humorous narratives on a set of comic short stories by British and American writers, ranging from Evelyn Waugh and Dorothy Parker, through Graham Greene and Corey Ford, to David Lodge and Woody Allen. The validity of the model is confirmed through a subsequent discussion of apparent counter-examples. |
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Green Lantern Comic Book $12.99 Green Lantern Comic Book - Tin Sign |
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Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels $4.98 With film adaptations of legendary comic books and graphic novels hitting the bestseller lists, the medium of comics has never been more popular. To create your own comic book or graphic novel, you need to know the techniques, rules, and tips exclusive to the comic trade. In "Comic Book Design," Gary Spencer Millidge, the award-winning creator of the Strangehaven comics, guides you through. . . -Creating story line concepts and original designs -Designing characters and creating background locations -Drawing in pencil and ink or digitally -Page layout and grid structure -Lettering, word balloons, and Color -Covers and publication design With profiles of leading comic artists such as Rian Hughes, Chris Ware, and Chip Kidd, and examples right from the most successful comics on the market, "Comic Book Design" is the must-have for every beginning comic book artist. |
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Comic Book Guy $1.24 Comic Book Guy Button Jeff Albertson aka Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. |
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Don Newcombe Original Comic Book $43.86 Don Newcombe Original Comic Book Don Newcombe Original Comic Book |
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Jackie Robinson Original Comic Book $51.17 Jackie Robinson Original Comic Book Jackie Robinson Original Comic Book |
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COMIC BOOK HEROES: TAKE A SEAT $9.31 COMIC BOOK HEROES: TAKE A SEAT |
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COMIC BOOK SUPER HEROES: DESTROY $16.21 COMIC BOOK SUPER HEROES: DESTROY |
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How to Draw Comic Book Heroes $11.16 How to Draw Comic Book Heroes |
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Carl Barks And the Disney Comic Book $16.5 Carl Barks And the Disney Comic Book |
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The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide $23.36 The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide |
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Dragon Hunters With Comic Book (Dvd) $12.42 Dragon Hunters With Comic Book (Dvd) |
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Supermen!: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1939-41 $21.98 "A collection like SUPERMEN works like a reverse-neutron bomb to assumptions about the birth of the superhero image: it tears down the orderly structures of theory and history and leaves the figures standing in full view, staring back at us in all their defiant disorienting particularity, their blazing strangeness."-from the foreword by Jonathan Lethem The enduring cultural phenomenon of comic book heroes was invented in the late 1930s by a hungry and talented group of artists and writers barely out of their teens, flying by the seat of their pants to come up with something new, exciting, and above all profitable. The iconography and mythology they created flourishes to this day in practically all visual media. Supermen collects the best and the brightest of this first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton. Readers expecting to find an All-American group of altruistic do-gooders are in for quite a jolt. As Jonathan Lethem writes in his Foreword, "A collection like Supermen works like a reverse-neutron bomb to assumptions about the birth of the superhero image: it tears down the orderly structures of theory and history and leaves the figures standing in full view, staring back at us in all their defiant disorienting particularity, their blazing strangeness." Beautifully designed and produced in full color, Supermen contains twenty full-length stories, nine full-sized covers, a generous selection of vintage promotional ads, and comprehensive background notes by editor Greg Sadowski. This anthology is indispensable to anyone interested in the origins of superheroes and the history of the comic book form. |
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Superman Issue #1 Comic Book Peel and Stick Decal $29.99 The Man of Steel on your wall! Features the original cover of the Superman #1 comic! Wall decal is easy to apply, remove, and reposition. This poster makes a great gift for any comic book fan! Celebrate the rich history of DC Comics' long-running Superman series with this giant wall decal. Measuring just under 3-feet high, this massive poster brings the iconic cover of Superman #1 (originally published in 1939) right to your wall! Application is easy: just peel the precut sticker from its liner and smooth it out on your wall or any other flat surface. The 33-inch tall x 24-inch wide comic-cover poster is fully removable, repositionable, and reusable, so you can adjust the design as you please. Coordinate this poster with the rest of your Superman wall decor, or try mixing and matching with other comic covers for a full room effect. It makes a great gift for any comic book fan! Other Superman wall decor and comic covers sold separately. |
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Batman Joker Issue Comic Book Cover Peel and Stick Decal $29.99 "Look out, Gotham! The Joker's back in town!" Features the original cover of the Batman #251 comic! Wall decal is easy to apply, remove, and reposition. This poster makes a great gift for any comic book fan! "Look out, Gotham! The Joker's back in town!" Celebrate DC Comics' timeless Batman series with this giant wall decal featuring the Joker. Measuring just under 3-feet tall, this massive poster brings the classic cover of Batman #251 (originally published in 1973) right to your wall! Application is easy: just peel the precut sticker from its liner and smooth it out on your wall or any other flat surface. The comic-cover poster is fully removable, repositionable, and reusable, so you can adjust the design as you please. Coordinate this decal with the rest of your Batman wall decor, or try mixing and matching with other comic covers for a full room effect. It makes a great gift for any comic book fan! Other Batman wall decor and comic covers sold separately. |
