Hi Bill, That's always an option. Some geographical areas are better suited to such an endeavor. Around here, for example, there are a fair number of shops that handle indepent producers, but I'd imagine that there are other areas that are less enlightened.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: William Robb > > I didn't respond intitially, I didn't think I had much to add, but.... > A few years ago, a friend of mine decided she wanted to do Christmas cards > for fun and profit. > I believe she set up her own publishing company (not hard, just register a > name) and she found a small press company who could do the short runs that > she was after. > Her interest was to get her work into small independant shops, rather than > large chains. > I suspect that the large companies (Hallmark, et al) probably have their own > in house everything, and aren't too interested in talking to independants. > > William Robb >
