{"id":322,"date":"2017-08-02T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T22:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/opentextbooked2\/?post_type=chapter&p=322"},"modified":"2022-07-20T19:50:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:50:54","slug":"print-on-demand-copies","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/selfpublishguide\/chapter\/print-on-demand-copies\/","title":{"raw":"Print-on-Demand Copies","rendered":"Print-on-Demand Copies"},"content":{"raw":"Make arrangements for print-on-demand<\/strong> copies of your textbook to be available either through your college or university bookstore, student services, Amazon or other print-on-demand or self-publishing service. Print-on-demand services are helpful for students or instructors who prefer to work with a physical, bound version of your textbook.\r\n\r\nBCcampus Open Education provides this service -- in conjunction with Simon Fraser University's Document Solutions department -- for all open textbooks in our collection, indicated with a \"Buy a print copy\" button on the book's record page.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1909\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"721\"]\"""\"<\/a> You can buy a black-and-white print copy of British Columbia in a Global Context<\/em> for $7.20.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIt is expected that printed copies of an open textbook will cost money. However, prices are typically set for cost recovery only.\r\n\r\nThe price for an open textbook varies depends on:\r\n