I know many authors who have, in the past, done their own bound galleys (at a time when POD wasn't available, and it was actually more costly to do so).
So my answer would be: No, as long as you made it clear it was an ARC (Advance Reading Copy) or readers proof, you wouldn't be "publishing" the book. You'd be printing copies for your own use. Don't, of course, do this through an outfit like Publish America, because you will be tying things up contractually and with no benefit to yourself.
But I'll admit that I'm with sleigh here; if I'm to mark things up, to read them with a more editorial eye, I want them to look like work-in-progress. YMMV.
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Date: 2004-08-05 08:18 pm (UTC)So my answer would be: No, as long as you made it clear it was an ARC (Advance Reading Copy) or readers proof, you wouldn't be "publishing" the book. You'd be printing copies for your own use. Don't, of course, do this through an outfit like Publish America, because you will be tying things up contractually and with no benefit to yourself.
But I'll admit that I'm with