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I haven’t written about it for a little while now, but thankfully you guys remembered and this morning my Gmail inbox is full of new Saab Pride entries for the book I’m proposing to put together.
The closing date for entries was the 10th November, so if it’s Sunday wherever you’re reading this right now, you’ve still got time. If it’s Monday and you’re name isn’t Taras, then you SOL.
I’ve received heaps of entries since my last call, which is fantastic. The majority who have sent an entry have not received an email reply, but please rest assured that if you sent it to my Gmail account then it’s been received. And please also accept my heartiest thanks for helping out.
Here’s just one of the images received this morning, from Marc in Luxembourg:
We now have a great cross-section of countries and models represented, which is going to really help in fulfilling one of the goals of the book – to show Saab’s appeal over a long period, regardless of geography.
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I do have one problem cropping up with the book.
I’m not sure that the supplier I was considering to publish the book will be able to produce it at a cost that will be acceptable for people to pay. The two options therefore, are either to raise the proposed price (acceptable to a small degree) or find a different way to produce this work.
We can talk more about it later, but if people have connections in the publishing game or can recommend a way to get this done cost-effectively, I’m all ears.
And Saab, if you’d like to help out in producing what will hopefully be a great work for your dealers to hand out to prospective customers and new customers alike, then you know my email address, eh?
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8 responses so far ↓
1 Rogan
// Nov 10, 2008 at 8:55 am
Yeah, I always thought that original price sounded to good to be true. I’d be willing to pay more, but of course, the lower, the better.
2 Jono
// Nov 10, 2008 at 9:35 am
i’m sure people would be willing to pay a bit more
3 aron
// Nov 10, 2008 at 11:03 am
My wife had a really good experience with Blurb – http://blurb.com – she made a photo journal of a trip to Thailand. Depending on the format and number of pages, their prices are pretty reasonable for small print runs.
Blurb is the one I’ve been looking at, but I’m not sure I can produce what I’d like in a cost effective manner there – will have to look at it some more.
4 joemama
// Nov 10, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Crap! I finally found a great place to take some photos and I got so bogged down with work I won’t be able to submit.
I’ll still share them anyways…
5 Charles
// Nov 10, 2008 at 3:36 pm
I’ve been so busy with school
And then my car got hit by a ladder on the highway. It was on the highway in a different lane, the guy just hit and sent it flying into my car. I was boxed in and couldn’t avoid it 
So now I have a big ‘ol ding on my driver rear door. Sad times.
What was the original price? I’d love to have a book like this for the coffee table.
6 Arild
// Nov 10, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I remember in the first post about the book that you wrote that the entries in the Saab Pride of Ownership competition would be contacted so you could get the consent to include them in the book. I entered my Saab in that competition but haven’t heard from you about this book. Should I assume that my Saab-love isn’t suitable for the book?
On the other hand, if you would like to include my Saab, then I would be pleased to see it on print and I’m ready to email a new picture and a revised description of my love to my Saab.
I haven’t got to the emailing stage, yet, Arild. Please feel free to send through your revised writing, though, to swade99@gmail.com – SW
7 eggsngrits
// Nov 10, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Hmmm…. I’ll do a little research.
8 saabyurk
// Nov 10, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Thought I’d do some searching and found this:
Book Printing in China, http://www.diyausa.com
But then I read their sales pitch blurb: “Half cost, Very High Qaulity Quick Delivery than You Thought”
Ouch, never mind.
Seriously, some alpaca breeders have small, very high quality glossy advertising books printed, even hardback. I assume they use a minimum cost printing house. If I can get more info, I’ll pass it along.