Marketing material/printing suggestions?

[Dr. Casey J Rudkin]

Hello again, All,

I'm looking for any suggestions you have about where to get some marketing materials printed, and also what you would suggest getting done.

I was thinking book plates (for custom signing when someone already has the book), bookmarks with the book cover and info on it, and maybe magnets with the cover and info.

If you have experience with these materials, good or bad, I would love to hear it.  Also, I'm not keen on the quality of our local UP printers (nor of their political positions), so I am open to any other printers.  Unfortunately, money is an object, so while we don't need the lowest bid, we would have to consider lower prices first.  Again, all suggestions are more than welcome.

Thanks!

And also, for those keeping up with the saga, our publisher accepted our book cover with some revisions.  It looks most like the second one I put up in the forum.  Thank you for helping with those!

[J.M. Van Horn]

Lately I have seen Postcard still material than can be used to help market their books. More substantial than a business card but not too bulky. Stickers might be an interesting option too.

As where to get them, not sure. A few other members might be a better source.

If you are looking for stickers/labels, Sticker Mule worked well for GLAHW.

[Dr. Casey J Rudkin]

I've been looking at Vistaprint, but I will check out Sticker Mule.

I spoke with the graphic designer of our cover, who has worked with (and at) several of the local print shops.  Her suggestion was to NOT go local.

[J.M. Van Horn]

If I come across anything else, I will let you know. Currently I am working on finding a source to make some enamel pins of my scorpio dog so who knows what else they could do.