-I am looking for e-commerce companies that make hardcover,
limited-edition photo books, especially using digital photography. I
have found:
www.apple.com, through it's iphoto software; www.Adobe.com, through
it's Photoshop Album software; and MyPublisher at www.Mypublisher.com.
-I am looking for companies that manufacture hardcover,
limited-edition photo books for third parties. I have found
www.Mypublisher (manufactures for Apple); and www.fastbooks.com.
-I am looking for companies who manufacture equipment to make
hardcover, limited-edition photo books. I have found www.powis.com.

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Request for Question Clarification by umiat-ga on 20 Mar 2004 09:53 PST

Just to make sure I am on the right track....are you wanting another
company to produce limited edition, bound books of your own (or
others) digital photographs? Or are you also interested in equipment
to produce these yourself?

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Clarification of Question by melonhead-ga on 20 Mar 2004 13:00 PST

Q: Just to make sure I am on the right track....are you wanting another
company to produce limited edition, bound books of your own (or
others) digital photographs? Or are you also interested in equipment
to produce these yourself?
A: Yes to both questions. I am doing a new business feasibility study,
and am trying to find all e-commerce sites that offer hardcover bound
books of digital images.
Additionally, I am interested in finding manufacturers of such books
to sub out work to. (For example, Apple subs out it's books to
MyPublisher.com.) Thirdly, I am looking into self-manufacturing, so I
need to find companies that have developed equipment for
limited-edition pulishing (as opposed to commercial publishing).
Powis.com is the only company I've found that makes equipment, but it
is not the same equipment being used by MyPublisher.
THANKS--I'll watch this afternoon for more questions if you need
further clarification.

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Request for Question Clarification by umiat-ga on 20 Mar 2004 13:50 PST

I have not come up with more more than you have found, so I will let
another researcher see what they can uncover. Please see my comment
below.

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Clarification of Question by melonhead-ga on 20 Mar 2004 14:48 PST

Thanks for trying, I'm sure snapfish uses the MyPublisher system. I
hope someone else can find more!!
THANKS AGAIN

I have not come up with much more than you have found so I will open
this question to someone else.

One product you didn't mention was Snapfish:

"Snapfish (www.snapfish.com) also produces these books. Its format is
9 inches by 11 inches. Each page can hold as many as three pictures.
The pictures are printed on a high-grade, glossy bond paper. Snapfish
states that this will easily last 100 years or more. Once registered
with Snapfish?s Web site, you upload your pictures. In the "create a
MemoryBook" section, you choose between single- or double-sided pages.
You can also add short captions to each picture. Once your book is
formatted, preview it. What you see is exactly what your book will
look like. Snapfish is for Windows only. Each book is $29.95."

Howdy melonhead-ga,

Have you considered having one company do the prints, and another
the bookbinding?  Here is a company that people I know have always
worked with for their limited edition art books; Denver Bookbinding.
http://www.denverbook.com/shortrun.htm

"In today's world, with the advancement of computers and printers, one
of the major benefits is that you can produce your own book, whether it
is a family history, poetry book, or a school yearbook.

Denver Bookbinding Company can provide the hard cover binding from the
printed and collated pages that you provide. We can use all types of
materials for the covers from canvas-based bookbinding cloth to printed
laminated covers.

Pricing is based upon quantity. Pricing starts at one book up to 1,000
books. Pricing for over 50 books is done on an individual basis and is
contingent upon what you want as an end product."

Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher