Publishing Technical Publications With Thermal Binding Equipment

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Writing a manual or a tech pub is hard work. No one would deny that. The wording, the illustrations, the pictures--their main focus is to make something complex seem more understandable. Sometimes, they have to do this for a noobie crowd that doesn't even have a rudimentary understanding of the basic mechanical or electrical concepts. But writing it isn't always the biggest hurdle. After all, it takes more time than anything. The more expensive part (and sometimes the harder part) is getting it on paper. Sure, you could just publish it as a PDF. As a matter of fact, most technical publications are available in PDF format. But when real people have to read them and use them in real life, it's often much easier to do so when they can hold a physical copy. If you're self-publishing, the choices are pretty limited. Print and publish it yourself, or use a vanity publisher like www.lulu.com. I've used LULU for several projects, and I'm pretty happy with them. But if you need quite a few copies of your tech pub and you really have a tight budget, it's going to be cheaper to print it yourself. **End Summary** Topics: unibind]]> thermal binding]]> publications]]>]]> About the Author: ]]> Eric Engel is a staff writer for Equipment Sales and Service, a prominent dealer of Unibind Thermal Binding Systems in the US.

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Publishing Technical Publications With Thermal Binding Equipment