PRE-PRODUCTION: Book Publishing Companies

Within our group, we have decided to display our Pre-Production package in a book. This is a professional way to finish our project, it is also something physical we can keep and show people. As the producer of this film, I am in charge of the budget and marketing, this means finding the best looking / most professional book for the best price. I also need to look at how long it'll take for the book to be completed once it's sent off, and then therefore, what date we need to finish the book to send off. I can then put this date in the Pre-Production schedule so I can keep track on our progress to ensure we finish the project by the deadline. 

So far we decided we want a hard back book at a rough size of A4, this may change towards the end of the project but by keeping the features the same during my research, I'll be able to compare prices fairly.

Blurb
http://www.blurb.co.uk

Features:
Standard portrait
20 x 25cm
Premium lustre paper - 148 gsm
4 copies

100 pages:
Starts at £24.99 for 20 pages
25p for additional pages

80 pages x 0.25 = £20.00 + £24.99

£44.99 per book
£59.10 per person (3 people)

Printing:
4-5 business days

Shipping to Thanet:
Priority mail (£30.33) - 8 days (6 business days)
Standard (£10.06) - 8 days (6 business days)


Lulu
http://www.lulu.com/create/books

Features:
Professional hardcover
US Trade (15.24 x 22.86cm)
Full colour
104 gsm paper quality 
Gloss cover finish
4 copies

100 pages: 

£27.55 per book
£36.73 per person (3 people)

Printing:
3-5 business days

Shipping: 
Priority mail - 1-3 business days
Standard traceable - 1-2 business days
Express - 1 business day

Recommended - a 14 day wait period


Colour Digital Print
https://www.colourdigitalprint.com

Features:
Perfect bound booklet
A4 (21 x 29.7cm)
5 copies
100 pages
120 gsm inner pages
300 gsm cover pages
Uncoated matt papers
Perfect bound binding
Gloss UV coated finish

WAS £144.58 
NOW £72.29 for 5 books

£14.46 per book
£24.10 per person (3 people)

Delivery - £9.95
Tax - £1.99
Roughly 2 weeks wait period

£36.04 per person 


From my research, I've decided that Colour Digital Print is the cheapest website to use. I have also spoken to people who have used it before and they are very reliable and the turn around time is as it says on the website. The last thing we want is to have the delivery delayed on the book near the deadline. After having spoken to people who have used them previously, I am happy to go ahead and use Colour Digital Print for our book, and I believe that we will receive a professional looking book to give in.