Just now I was browsing through the children’s classics section of the bookstore, the titles catching my eye with delight as memories of childhood swept over me. There were some editions that looked rather nice until I opened them up. Pathetic typography. Zero margins, or Times New Roman, or double-spaced text. So disappointing. The covers and bindings were lovely, but inside they were whited sepulchres.
I want to change that! While I obviously can’t change the books on the shelves, I can publish classics set attractively. The only hard part (right now, at least) is having enough control over the process to make them as cheap as possible. Lulu’s okay but it’s still more expensive than a traditional run would be (of 500+ copies or more, that is). And I’d like to be able to determine more of the factors that go into the book’s production — paper, binding, bookmark tassels, etc. But alas, for now ’tis not to be. Someday, I hope…
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