Printing and fulfilment
Design, colour work, printing and shipping for the 10×10 hardcover field record and the 6×9 carry-on guide, including sponsor and backer copies.
- $18,200
- Estimated cost
- 16%
- Of the expedition target
- 1
- Published need
Why this line exists
The fieldwork is only worth doing if it ends up in something people can hold and use on the road. This line turns 123 documented springs into a square hardcover field record and a 6×9 carry-on guide to a selected 99 — printed properly, colour-managed, and shipped to the people who funded it.
When it is spent: Spent after the field season, once entries are verified and the edit is locked.
What it produces
- →A printed hardcover record of every documented spring
- →A carry-on guide to 99 springs that works in the field
- →Copies delivered to backers, sponsors and contributing landowners
Inventory manifest
Every item bought, hired or paid for on this line, listed the way a field manifest lists it. Any single item can be sponsored on its own.
Manifest PUBLISHING · Hot Springs expedition
Printing and fulfilment
Items
13
Design, layout and editing
$5,200- HS-PUB-001Book design and layout, hardcover1 title$2,400Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-002Book design and layout, carry-on guide1 title$1,500Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-003Cartography and regional maps1 lot$800Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-004Index and full editorial pass1 lot$500Sponsor this item
Colour work and pre-press
$2,400- HS-PUB-005Colour management and profiling1 lot$900Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-006Hard proofs2 ea$900Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-007Pre-press file preparation1 lot$600Sponsor this item
Hardcover print run, 10 × 10 in
$6,100- HS-PUB-008Hardcover copies, 10 × 10 in400 copy$5,800Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-009Print setup and plates1 lot$300Sponsor this item
Carry-on guide print run, 6 × 9 in
$3,200- HS-PUB-010Guide copies, 6 × 9 in600 copy$3,000Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-011Print setup1 lot$200Sponsor this item
Packaging and fulfilment
$1,300- HS-PUB-012Protective mailers500 ea$600Sponsor this item
- HS-PUB-013International shipping, sponsor and backer copies1 lot$700Sponsor this item
Prices are current estimates in USD and are reconciled against real invoices once spent. Sponsoring an item credits the sponsor against that line; it never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding.
What a sponsor receives
- Named on the sponsors page of both printed titles
- Copies of both books for the sponsor's team or clients
- Logo and link on the contributors page and the funding line page
Sponsorship never buys an entry, a placement, a rating or a safety finding. Every credit is disclosed in the book, the archive and on the contributors page.
If this line is only partly funded
A short print line means the carry-on guide prints first and the hardcover run is reduced, not cancelled. Sponsor and backer copies are honoured before general stock.
Support in kind instead of cash
- ·Print production or paper supply
- ·Design, cartography or editorial hours
- ·Fulfilment, warehousing or international shipping
Questions sponsors ask
Answered the same way we answer them by email.
Can a sponsor place content in the book?
No. Sponsors are credited; they never receive entries, placement, ratings or a safety finding.
What if the field season is cut short?
The books publish with what was verified, clearly stating coverage. Nothing unvisited is presented as documented.
Other funding lines
The full hot-spring expedition target of $115,960 is costed across five groups of published needs.
Get the field dispatch
Short updates from the road while the survey is running: springs measured, access won or lost, weather, corrections and what the next leg costs. No selling, and you can leave at any time.
This survey runs on funded mileage.
Sponsors cover getting to sites, permissions and verified documentation. Editorial judgement and safety findings are never for sale.