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Short Run & Print on Demand Publishing Options for Your Family History Book

By Kimberly Powell, About.com Guide

If you're interested in self-publishing your family history book, these short run and print on demand printers can print anywhere from one to hundreds of copies. If you need help with layout and design, many also provide this service and/or specialize in printing family histories.

1. Creative Continuum

This short-run publisher specializes in family history books and other smaller publishing projects. They provide a number of publishing services including professional book design, layout and typesetting and printing on archival paper.

2. Family Heritage Publishers

The chosen binder for the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Family Heritage Publishers offer archival-quality printing for any size publishing job.

3. Family History Publishers

Based in Bountiful, Utah, this publisher will print and bind books of all kinds - including family histories, town histories, biographies and family reunion booklets. They can also help you prepare your manuscript for publishing.

4. Gateway Press

This family history publisher based in Baltimore, Maryland, provides an extensive amount of information for people interesting in self-publishing their family history. Get a free quote for your project or learn more about their services.

5. Modern Memoirs

Private publishing services for authors include a full range of editing services, plus printing and binding. They specialize in memoirs and family histories and can handle offset printing and digital print on demand.

6. Shortrunbooks.com

This division of Dilley Manufacturing Company provides binding-only services for your self-printed family history. Print at home or your local copy shop, and then send the manuscripts to them for hard-cover binding.

7. No Waste Publishing

Whether you need 25 books (their minimum), or a few hundred, No Waste Publishing offers print on demand will print your family history books in either hardcover or paperback. They also offer shipping and distribution service for your books to multiple individuals.

8. MyCanvas

Family history books, photo books, calendars and charts can all be created and printed through the MyCanvas publishing service offered by Ancestry.com. This is a creative online design tool geared toward creating family history or other books. You can then print your finished pages at home or order a professionally printed, coffee-table quality book from MyCanvas.

9. Lulu

Lulu is a popular and relatively inexpensive "no frills" print-on-demand book publisher used by many genealogists. Lulu offers online tools, similar to your word processing software or graphics/photo editing application, for laying out and creating your family history book. Lulu even lets you set up a personal online bookstore to sell your book - either privately to family and friends, or publicly.
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