Seeing as there are so many experiencedand professional people in this thread, I would like to ask some advice too (hope kat doesn't mind a little hi-jacking)...

Every so often, my father has a dream of turning some of his postcard collection of West and East Runton into a small booklet. The format he wishes to use is one that has been used for similar publications. It would consist of about 100 pages of A5 landscape, the majority of each page being occupied by the picture of the postcard which would be approx actual size and a little bit of text below each card. The publication would be in B/W and I would guess he would be looking for a run of about 500.

If he gets the "urge" again, I am quite willing to help and willing to learn the free packages mentioned on Linux and would like to be able to present a printer with something "print ready".

The question is where would I begin and what would I need to consider.

Jon