With self publishing the costs are pretty 'fixed'. Not only is there the paper cost, there's the photocopy cost for double sided. The cheapest way to go is black and white.
When I had the first two booklets done (they're apparently called Chapbooks in the trade) the guy at the counter told me it was best for me to buy a ream of card stock for the cover and let them use that rather than pay for each individual piece of card stock - so that was one way to save.
Another was for me to do the saddle stapling myself, which I could do since we had one of those deep designed staplers. And I had to do all the 'add the cover' and folding too. It took a while to assemble and finalize 200 booklets.
On the plus side, I scored a full case of card stock last summer - stuff that was being discarded by Kinkos due to discontinued colors and discontinued use. The colors were all pale shades, willow green, several different creams and a pale yellow that wasn't obnoxious. By 'discontinued use' I mean reams that were formerly used for resumes. Everyone submits resumes online now, not in paper format anymore.
So basically I'm set for card stock now for the booklets, all of which will be printed up locally. Getting the artwork redone for official book publication, through a publisher, THAT will take time and a lot of effort. But it's what I'm aspiring towards. Till then, I guess I keep self publishing.
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