Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    jammy23's Avatar
    jammy23 Posts: 545, Reputation: 0
    Senior Member
     
    #1

    Nov 11, 2015, 08:25 AM
    Art or Book? Self publishing cartoons
    I have a collection of my own cartoons, nothing professional, just fun stuff.
    I chose about thirty of my favorites and would like to put it in a book form.
    The size of the sheets go from legal size to half a page.

    Can you suggest where I can get advice as to how to put it into a book
    Form. I don't want to spend tons of $$$. I'm nowhere near professional.
    Just a senior who wants to give it as a gift to some of my family and
    Close friends.
    Wondergirl's Avatar
    Wondergirl Posts: 39,354, Reputation: 5431
    Jobs & Parenting Expert
     
    #2

    Nov 11, 2015, 10:25 AM
    What my family did with stories we'd written about my deceased father plus drawings the grandkids made was make enough copies (color copies of the drawings) of each page, created a front and back cover, put all the pages in order for each book, and then went to a copy place that bound them with plastic spiral binding. Now each family member has his/her own book to treasure.
    jammy23's Avatar
    jammy23 Posts: 545, Reputation: 0
    Senior Member
     
    #3

    Nov 11, 2015, 01:14 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    What my family did with stories we'd written about my deceased father plus drawings the grandkids made was make enough copies (color copies of the drawings) of each page, created a front and back cover, put all the pages in order for each book, and then went to a copy place that bound them with plastic spiral binding. Now each family member has his/her own book to treasure.
    Thank you for your response. I did something similar with
    Photos, old family recipes, lots of stories, a few secrets and information from
    Ancestry and put it together for six households. I was looking for something
    A little more professional looking. I thought maybe Staples has some suggestions
    As well. But if all else comes to naught, I will do pretty much what you did.

    My first attempt was without my cartoons. This will be all cartoons.
    Thank you again...
    Wondergirl's Avatar
    Wondergirl Posts: 39,354, Reputation: 5431
    Jobs & Parenting Expert
     
    #4

    Nov 11, 2015, 01:25 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by jammy23 View Post
    Thank you for your response. I did something similar with
    Photos, old family recipes, lots of stories, a few secrets and information from
    Ancestry and put it together for six households. I was looking for something
    A little more professional looking. I thought maybe Staples has some suggestions
    As well. But if all else comes to naught, I will do pretty much what you did.

    My first attempt was without my cartoons. This will be all cartoons.
    Thank you again...
    Check with your public library. We (at the library where I worked) sent our damaged books to a local bindery. Sometimes patrons would add one of their own books for repair. The bindery your library uses may be able to do a perfect binding or some other method better than plastic spiral and at a low cost. Ask your library for contact info for the bindery or for area binderies. And ask about cost, of course.
    jammy23's Avatar
    jammy23 Posts: 545, Reputation: 0
    Senior Member
     
    #5

    Nov 24, 2015, 07:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by Wondergirl View Post
    Check with your public library. We (at the library where I worked) sent our damaged books to a local bindery. Sometimes patrons would add one of their own books for repair. The bindery your library uses may be able to do a perfect binding or some other method better than plastic spiral and at a low cost. Ask your library for contact info for the bindery or for area binderies. And ask about cost, of course.
    Thank you for your suggestions. My partner is a retired librarian also and until you wrote about the bindery she
    Looked it up... said she forgot about that possibility. Read your profile and we
    Too are OWNED by our cats LOL! Thank you for getting back to me.
    jammy23's Avatar
    jammy23 Posts: 545, Reputation: 0
    Senior Member
     
    #6

    Mar 15, 2016, 12:43 PM
    What was a few cartoons/sketches is now 120!!

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search


Check out some similar questions!

Publishing your own book [ 12 Answers ]

Can anyone recommend an online site that will publish/print your own book? Most seem to offer a similar package but it would be nice to know who are reputable and who to avoid. Many thanks for any help.

Publishing a book [ 4 Answers ]

I'm about 95% complete with my book. I have written it to sell. It's over 72,000 words. What is the best format (Font, size, spacing) to convert my Word document for sending to publishers and book agents. Anybody know a good agent?

Publishing a coloring book [ 3 Answers ]

I am interested in self publishing a coloring book. I am not an artist though. I have many ideas and will have to hire someone to do the graphics. Any suggestions on how to get started. I have searched for info on the web and cannot find anything on how to publish a coloring book. The only...

Publishing a recipie book [ 5 Answers ]

I have composed a lot of my own recipies , but now would like to publish a free recipie book. How do I go about this and how much will the costs be ?

Publishing a book [ 1 Answers ]

How can I get published inexpensively? What are the best publishing companies?


View more questions Search