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I just figured out between shipping and the extra cost of a book I can save $25.00 if I can the e-books. I would have to print these out, it would drive me up a wall if I didn’t. I have a very good economical laser jet printer, but we are talking about 800 pages if I were to print them. Paper is cheap enough and I have plenty of toner, but it just seems daunting. At the same time it is a difference of $25.00. Any opinions? Do you buy the printed version, any preferences?
Blessings,
Terry
If it were me, I would buy the book. Not only would I pay more with my printer to print it, but then I would have to hole-punch it and put it into a bulky notebook. Or take it to an office supply shop and have it bound. So between time and money, I’d rather have the nice book in my hand. My 2 cents…
Terry,
I often get the ebooks and then have them printed at a professional printer – they are spiral bound (which I actually prefer to regular bound books) – I only have them print the cover in full color on a heavy cardstock and then they add a clear protective cover sheet on top of that – it costs pennies compared to the headache of doing it myself. And it still comes out to less than it would cost to have them shipped.
Rebekah
Rebekah, as a techie dropout, how do you get the ebook to the printer?
That’s a great idea. I usually print it, laminate the cover myself, then take it to have it spiral-bound.Oh Robin – I’m no super savvy computer guru either. I have a small local printer here that a friend referred me to and I just email it as an attachment, but you could easily save it to a thumb drive (you know the tiny little thing in the James Bond movies that he plugs into the computer and then everything blows up?) or even just haul your whole laptop in if you have one. But seriously, when you save the ebook to your computer, just remember where you put it and you can attach it to an email without much trouble.
I also like the the printer does them front to back for me – which I always have a hard time doing with my printer – you should see my 106 Days of Creation Study – there are pages all over the place! (That’s before I wised up and sent it to the printer!)
If I could take it somewhere to have it printed front and back and then spiral bound I would buy an e-copy since I could have it done again and again if(when) I marked up the book.
I like that idea! I think I will print the module but put the other three books on my E-reader. If I come to certain things I want to print, I will just do it as I need it. It will save on space too! Thank you for all the help!
Sean Connery used a thumb drive??? I didn’t know they had them back then!
Oh, you meant the new James Bond movies….I feel so old….
You could also in the future get a Contiuous Inking system (CIS) for your computer and save yourself some money on printing. With the money you save you can buy yourself a spiral binding maching… around 35.99 on E-bay and bind your own.. 🙂 This way it will cost you next to nothing and you don’t have to leave home. 🙂 Then you can bind some of your kiddos work too… 🙂
Just a thought for the future… 🙂
Robin P, that’s what I do now – print it, laminate the cover, and have them spiral bound. =)
With any of the books like Module guides that I know I will use a lot – I take to the printer (a mom and pop’s local one or Staples, FedEx Office, UPS Store) and have them cut the back spine off and spiral bind them too.
This makes my life so much easier when teaching or using the books.
Sue, you always make me laugh out loud! Some of us are showing our age, huh? 😉
Sue, I would be VERY impressed if Sean Connery used a thumb drive, as well. So many James Bonds, so much technology!
For those of you who send your books to a printer to be printed, or print them, and then have them spiral bound, around how much does it cost? It’s something I would like to do as well, but have been afraid of cost. (I know costs vary from place to place…I’m looking for a ballpark figure.)
Thanks!
I’ve thought about buying a spiral binder. I have a comb binder that I’ve had for many years but it will only do up to 50 sheets and I like spiral so much better. Another gadget to buy…
Several years ago we invested in a Brother’s duplex printer. We set the printer on booklet printing, which prints two pages on one side of a reg size sheet of paper. Being a duplex printer it will print on both sides of the page, so an 800 page book ends up being a 200 page 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 size paper back book. I can’t remember the cost comparison but I do remember it being pennies to the dollar… very cost effective for us. We bind the book using a jig we made, I found the instructions while searching out duplex printers. Making the jig was very cheap also. We use Gorilla glue to bind the books. This has worked great for our family… lots of books for the faction of the cost
That’s a great idea. I usually print it, laminate the cover myself, then take it to have it spiral-bound.
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