There is a story in the New York Times about a company that will turn your blog into a book. I think what is interesting about this will be how this process might start to lower the cost of print-on-demand even lower than it is now. It will be an interesting world when you can get custom books for the cost of a mass market paperback.
You need to register to read the story. If you don’t want to register you can login as Bibliofuture. Password is: lisnews
They also do regular books not just blogs
From story:Pricing for printed versions of your book from Blurb starts at $30 for an 8-by-10-inch full-color hardcover volume with dust jacket and up to 40 pages. A book of up to 80 pages is $3 more. (Blurb plans to eventually offer paperback editions selling for about 30 percent less than hardcover.) Authors will also be able to set up online bookstores through Blurb’s Web site.
Cheaper than PoD?
I can’t read the article without registering (which I won’t do), but: $30 sure wouldn’t be cheaper than LuLu or Cafe Press prices for a typical book (to name two). A big chunk of costs for “publish on demand,” where it’s really one book at a time as ordered, is handling–not just creating the book but sending it out. But, as I say, I haven’t read the full article.
Video and other information
Last month, I shared a link to a video and the company’s web site on my blog.