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I have a question, essentially about how to best format and make a PoD-appropriate version of a large manuscript. In this case it is a Bible version, but other people might have other large volumes that meet the same issues.

The reviews at www.amazon.com/gp/product/1494913402/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1494913402&linkCode=as2&tag=jonascorn-20 identify two issues with the Classic Orthodox Bible as it is presently published:

1: The formatting is terrible.

2: The physical paperback book is huge even though the Old Testament is in too small print.

The first one I have a clear picture of how to improve.

The second one is a point where I would like to better know my options.

Regular Bibles, printed on superthin paper, are printed using technology under conditions where it is only profitable to print ~10,000 Bibles per print run. The paperback Classic Orthodox Bible is printed using CreateSpace PoD, where I was barely able to get things in at the existing font size using the largest trim size and overall the largest font size I could get in under the maximum size.

For the second one, what are my options to produce a (perhaps behemothic) single volume that has the Bible in question, has all text at a readably large font size, and given all these things, is as manageable in physical size as is reasonably possible?

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Part of good formatting is using good fonts. I recommend the fonts Weidemann and Octava, which were designed for use in bibles and are good for large volumes.

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First of all, you appear to have established the ways in which yours differs from the others. Then, also look at other POD providers - I take it you're also concerned with the matter of print costs, but that's difficult to avoid with a massive tome. POD / CreateSpace may not be the right answer, however appealing it may sound.

You could also talk to Lightning Source besides the likes of Lulu and CreateSpace - they do large print runs as well as the usual POD quantities. I don't know the large scale charges, but they fill our publishing needs very well compared to Lulu.

(I'm not insensitive nor an atheist, I'm serious about my suggestions and I hope you resolve a worthwhile project, but I can't resist ending this answer with: Amen...)

P.S. Neil quite rightly suggests that I go more deeply into the specific POD printers I mentioned. However, this particular case - a massive bible - is exceptional, and any printer would need to discuss the parameters with the author/publisher concerned, otherwise I would happily check myself; I don't have full details, e.g. budget available, whether two volumes is viable, and so forth. Being a publisher myself, I know this is the scenario for extreme projects. Standard ones are usually easily checked out.

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