Does anyone know of a company that can do print on demand of hardback books in the UK? I'm trying to help Matthew Finch of Mythmyre Games find alternatives for people having to order hardback copies of Swords & Wizardry from Lulu and get stung for expensive shipping in they want a trackable order.

Any advice anyone can pass on would be really appreciated.

Thanks
- Neil.

As many of you will be aware the Guild of Blades recently opened a combined retail store / POD shop, stocking small runs of games on their shelves and printing others on demand from a catalogue.

As part of this opening they offered the chance for game designers to join their retail program, which means you give them a PDF of your game, they print a small run at their expense (so no cost to you) and then sell the games direct, with a cut going to you if they sell. I decided to sign up for this on the condition that I got one of the copies they printed.

In order to give some assistance to those thinking of doing printing, whether you’ve printed something before or are thinking of going to print for the first time, I thought we could start a thread collating our various experiences with different printers.

In order to get the ball rolling, I’ll recount some of the experiences that Contested Ground Studios have had with a variety of printers over the past few years.