For very small quantities, burning them yourself on a computer is probably the most economical choice. You seem to already have a computer, so the expensive part is already taken care of. You should tell folks who are buying them that they are getting CDRs. For some reason it still matters to some folks. My last CD was so specialized in potential audience that I correctly assumed I would be selling about 20 of them a year. I've been burning them 5 or 10 at a time on my computer, and printing my own booklets, tray cards, and labels. I think it costs me a little more than $3 each, including ink to print the full color cover. I'm going to get a printer soon that prints directly on CDs. Thery're not any more expensive than any other decent printer, and they also do all the normal printer things. It will save a lot of time and look better, I hope.

If you don't want to do it yourself, there are probably several local recording studios or mastering studios or tape duplication places that do a side business in small run CD production. They, like you at home, will make CDRs, and will either label the CDs and assemble the package, or give you the CDs and let you do it. It all depends on what you have more of -- time or money.

I haven't ever priced the big companies like Oasis or Discmakers for small quantities. My guess is that they are more geared toward quantities of 500 or 1000 or more, but it would be worth calling them for pricing. I've had good service and excellent quality from Oasis.

John Peekstok