I have recently discovered lulu.com for a print-on-demand publisher that also fufills orders, lists you with Amazon.com, etc. and can give you an ISBN.

Their prices and terms seem great, and though I wasn't planning on bringing Verbal Abuse back as a print zine, this may be an affordable way to do it.

Was interested if anyone has used them?

And all Mboards writers whose books are out of print, you may want to check this out.

http://www.lulu.com

(Love the name too, so abfab!)

Thanks for this one Chi Chi. I'm at my wits end dealing with regular inquiries regarding my 54 book. Maybe this might be the way to go. I'll keep you posted.

Interesting, it seems to work on the Cafepress model. I use Cafepress for my merch. The markup is lower than regular retail but you don't have to invest money, take orders, or ship anything yourself. I love the idea. I want to order this one:

http://www.lulu.com/content/42482

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It sound incredibly great! Did anyone by chance see one of the finished products, though?

I guess it would be easy enough to just order one's own book, see how it looks and edit therefrom.

Well, my ordered items from Lulu.com came while we were in NOLA. The quality is beautiful, I ordered a photography magazine (JPG) and a book with photos and essays. Very, very impressive - though we won't be using color for Verbal #5, the color is awesome!

Also, customer service excellent, shipping as promised (items ship 3 days after order, ground service took a few more days as normal.)

So the last hurdle to beginning to move Verbal Abuse back into print is now gone. And I hope some of you will be bringing out or back your own books too...S'tan...Bobby...

I am hard at work on two projects: Republishing Fabulous! And publishing " Punk meets New Wave NYC 1975-1980" Glad to hear that lulu.com can deliver the goods. I'll keep you posted.