Daniel, I marked their webpage for the time when I need it. I need to check on 11 X 8.5 as that is the size it will probably be.

Now if I can just sell some manifolds and cylinderheads I can finance the book.

So that's how capitalism works! Maybe I should tell somebody in Washington.

http://ford-y-block.com 

20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

John, just FYI on the above site...using their own pricing calculator, they can do a 200 page paperback book, 8.5x5.5, full color cover, black and white inside pages, etc. for about 2.40 each if you order 500. Don't know what you are after concerning your budget, but you probably don't want to pay for hardback.

As far as advertising - I would be a non-commissioned salesman!!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Thanks for the leads and ideas. I don't know how many advertizers there would be for a Y-Block book. Most of these types of books are paper back, like the How to Hotrod series. HP Books ect. I haven't talked to a printer about it in a long time.

I once paid $150.00 for a hard back book on camshafts but it had info I could never find anywhere else. I would like to see the final price of the Y-Block book in the $30 range. That shouldn't scare too many people away.

http://ford-y-block.com 

20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

John, I have been reading a series of books written by Burt B.S. Levy about sports car racing in the early 1950's. Mostly fiction, some true, names changed to protect the innocent, etc; Pretty enjoyable read ( Tim, you may like them since your into British cars).



To make a short story longer, B. S. Levy couldn't find anyone to publish his books. So he decided to publish his own books. And this is the interesting part, he raised the money to publish his books by selling ads to be placed in the center of the books yet to be published. And like the books themselves, some of the ads are fiction, most real, some vintage (to the period of the stories). All of which I believe adds to the stories.



The Last Open Road series by Burt B.S. Levy. The first book "The Last open Road" does not have the ads but the remaining three do.



Here is a link to his web site; http://www.lastopenroad.com/index.htm



Thought it was a good angle to get his books published and that you may be interested in.



And NO for the folks who are wondering, I do not know Burt Levy or have any vested interest in his publishing company, "Think Fast Ink".

BOB

John

FWIW, I have dealt with a few printing companies because of my work in the pastorate and Christian Education. Pricing is always a concerng, but then again, we never wanted to sacrifice quality.

I highly suggest that you check out www.instantpublisher.com . They are printing 120 copies, HARDBACK, 8.5x11, FULL COLOR every page, yearbooks for us (as per our layout in pdf) for about $2500. They will send us a free, full color, just as it is to be printed, proof before anything is shippped in bulk, and the turnaround time for the proof is less than a week.

I just viewed a copy of their work this morning, and it looks the same as what you would see from a HIGH DOLLAR printing company. My yearbook advisor, who also runs his own business for professional graphic design, steered me towards this company. Our price with Jostens last year was roughly $6500 total for the same books, etc.

Maybe you could give them a try if you haven't already, just trying to help things out....

Jessup

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

I WORK FOR PARTS...

BOB

Okay, you guys have proded me into working on it, in my spare time:lol.

I need to cut down on the babble and be more concise with the book. Last count was 200 pages. The  printing cost would be more than most guys would want to pay for it.

I have to say that I have considered a Mac many times but I ended up with so many accessories that probably won't work with a Mac that it has stopped me. Actually when I bought my last computer, a Dell it didn't have an LPT or Serial port so I had to buy a new printer just to make it work. Cam Doctor wouldn't work. I bought a used PC just to have something with USB and the older ports too. That's the one I'm using to write this. My son got a lap top last Christmas with Vista to use with his new Flow Bench and ignition programer that have Serial port connections. No way that would work. He had to buy a used laptop to make things work.

 MS operating systems remind me of a parade float. Look good on the outside but there's a Model T underneath. XP is still pretty good, maybe 7 will finally get it right.

http://ford-y-block.com 

20 miles east of San Diego, 20 miles north of Mexico

Daniel, Now that is too dang funny, but right on... lol! When is the last time you had to worry about a virus on your Mac.



The thing I like about Mac's is the OS is so much more (for lack of a better word) stable. And if I choose I can effortlessly switch from the Apple OS to Windows though for the life of me I can not imagine why I would want to switch over to windows. But the option is there.



And for a bit (or is it Byte) of info that means nothing to anybody but me, I still have my ORIGINAL Mac+ I bought in 1986, 9" B&W screen, NO hard drive, runs on 800k or 1.2k floppies, 4 MB RAM. Still starts up with the Happy Mac (only Mac guys will know that).



John, sorry, just trying to help you out. Didn't mean to stir the pot (altho it is fun once in a while).




BOB

IMO, one reason there are many Mac's in use in the creative community is that Apple's marketing strategy put computers in the classroom (either free or at a greatly reduced price) for many years. The use of a Mac vs a PC is sort of like comparing a Y-Block to a Small Block. Both will perform basically the same function, but go about it somewhat differently. Again, IMO, it boils down to personal preference. I personally use a PC to capture and edit video footage in order to produce TV commercials. I've produced several hundred spots over the past 10 years. Mac's break down and have problems just like PC's do, maybe not as frustrating as the PC can be, but they are not perfect as my staff used them when I had my newspaper publishing business (they were used to them so I acquiesced).

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

While I am certainly no expert, my impression is that Windows is popular with bean counters & nerds (more business based software/technical complexity), and Apple has cornered the creative/artistic market. I started with a PC, and found computers extremely frustrating (could really empathize with Ted Kasinski), and thought the problem was ME. When I got my first Mac, I realized the intuitive OS/quality hardware/corporate attitude was well worth the extra $. Apple is THE greatest American company!

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA