self publishing of board books

What exactly are 'board books'? do you mean game board type books?

Do you mean the cardboard books, or pop up books?

Board books - books printed on sturdy cardboard for babies and toddlers.

I have no idea where to get those printed. I don't know if print-on-demand exists for those or if you would have to contract with a printer for print runs.

Your books look adorable; I hope you can find something!

Kyra Halland said:

Board books - books printed on sturdy cardboard for babies and toddlers.

I have no idea where to get those printed. I don't know if print-on-demand exists for those or if you would have to contract with a printer for print runs.

Your books look adorable; I hope you can find something!

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I have a cookbook by Jeff Foxworthy that is printed on cardboard.

Here are some examples for what I mean
http://www.amazon.com/First-100-Words-Roger-Priddy/dp/0312510780/ref=zg_bs_books_4
http://www.amazon.com/Chicka-Boom-Book/dp/1442450703/ref=zg_bs_books_11
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Blue-Truck-Board-Book/dp/0547248288/ref=zg_bs_books_14

If you know someone that can help me I will be forever grateful. I looked everywhere for this

Tali

As far as I know, there is no POD (print on demand) for this. There are several companies in China which will make board books for you, but you then get the joys of overseas shipping, but perhaps there is a printer that can do this in your home country.

I see that none of your titles are available in hardback (and I see you mentioned this option) You can get 8.5"x8.5" case laminate (hardback), color 70 lb paper interior & gloss cover at LSI (Ingram Lightning Source) using their print-on-demand system. Those would have more durability than paperbacks from CreateSpace.  And they will distribute to bookstores via Ingram. I have some sample color kids hardbacks from Ingram and they look nice, although the "premium" ones look better. They also cost significantly more.

Here are a couple of links that might help:

http://www.cpe2007.com/Boardbookquote.aspx

http://www.outrageousfortune.net/2013/01/how-i-published-board-book.html