You may also attend the meeting via v-tel at the following locations: Champaign Office: 1704 W. Interstate Dr, Champaign, IL 217-352-0047. DuQuoin Office: 500 S Madison, Du Quoin, IL 62832 618-985-3711. Edwardsville Office: 6725 Goshen Road, Edwardsville, IL 62025 618-656-3216.
The standard book size is six inches wide and nine inches tall (6x9). Your book will probably be cheapest to print, easiest to read, and easiest to sell (e.g., it'll fit on bookstore shelves) in this size. Larger books are harder to hold, carry, or put on a shelf.
When you see something you like, call the publisher and find out where they print. The cheapest game on the block is web press on newsprint. You can get a 1,000 copies of an 8-page tabloid size in black and white for about $500 per print run. Then again, 5,000 of this same rag might be only $1000. Basically, producing plates to print newspapers represents a significant part of the costs, as does getting the print run ready and doing the admin.