The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59113   Message #940190
Posted By: NicoleC
25-Apr-03 - 04:35 PM
Thread Name: MudCat Cookbook Details Cost/Headcount
Subject: RE: MudCat Cookbook Details Cost/Headcount
I know, Ed. I'd LIKE to get 200... but I don't think I will. We're looking at a production cost of $11 each for 100 copies, and $7.50 for 200. (Not including mailing the suckers.) That's a big difference; $11 is too high to make enough money off the project to make it worthwhile, so a lot of corners will get cut to bring the cost down. Hence, the head count. And the pre-orders. Before I do much too much work that might have to be redone.

The PDF size will depend a lot on how many graphics and layout elements I include. If this were text only, then yes, the file would be pretty small. Last project like this I did, a 16 page Distilled EPS file was almost 5MB. On the other hand, I just converted a 56 page user manual to PDF from MS Word with minimal images, and it's just over 100kb.