Re: Self-Publishing

2011-04-17 Thread PMA
Thanks to all for your generous feedback! I think I've been, though old enough to know better, pretty naive about this. I've never realistically intended to make -- to try making -- money with my music, or even to print it en masse. So, what am I doing trying to be a print shop? Why not simpl

Re: Self-Publishing

2011-04-14 Thread Éditions IN NOMINE
Hi. I'd like to give you my testymony as a publisher : if you want to publish and sell as a professional, I have to say that printing is a REAL job. I mean it takes time, and you won't have a proper score at the end without professional printers (machine AND guys). I made this choice a year a

Re: Self-Publishing

2011-04-14 Thread Han-Wen Nienhuys
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Laura Conrad wrote: >> "Pete" == PMA   writes: > >    Pete> The upshot -- well, so far -- is that *if* I buy the printer, >    Pete> it will be a refurbished HP LaserJet 5000.  Am sniffing out >    Pete> reputable vendors. > > I would recommend against this.  I

Re: Self-Publishing (was "Favorite Lilypond-Score Printer?")

2011-04-10 Thread Tim McNamara
er (no-printer) options for self- > publishing. The POD outfits (Lulu first) especially, and the archivers > (IMSLP, WIMA) anyway. > > Simply -- I want my scores (PDF) available and known to be so by > folks whose taste might incline them to be interested. (Reckon > it&#x

Re: Self-Publishing

2011-04-10 Thread Laura Conrad
> "Pete" == PMA writes: Pete> The upshot -- well, so far -- is that *if* I buy the printer, Pete> it will be a refurbished HP LaserJet 5000. Am sniffing out Pete> reputable vendors. I would recommend against this. I did that, after the kind of exploration you did, and if you c

Self-Publishing (was "Favorite Lilypond-Score Printer?")

2011-04-10 Thread PMA
My thanks to all for your suggestions! The upshot -- well, so far -- is that *if* I buy the printer, it will be a refurbished HP LaserJet 5000. Am sniffing out reputable vendors. Meanwhile, I've begun to explore other (no-printer) options for self- publishing. The POD outfits (Lulu