printing out a full manuscript.

Yes; You can go to Kinkos, or Staples, or Office Depot. There's plenty of printers out there that you can pay for; call ahead of time and see if they'll give you an estimate.

Heather
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Also, it might be nice to double-side it. Naturally that still is a little much for your office printer, but it is also a lot to carry around. Good luck, I hope you find some place.

NaNo Winner

2007 - Zion Andrews

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“The dead can’t die!” Maggie objected.
Dow sighed. “Oh now you’re just being didactic.”

Don't double side it for submission, only correction.

Overall it might be cheaper to print it on your own printer... unless you're worried about the overload. *unless You have an inkjet, in which case laser printers are better for that number of pages.

Telling someone you're a writer is like telling them you're an obsessive compulsive bipolar schizophrenic that goes to AA meetings once a week.

I'm planning on using my university printer :) You see, this semester I don't have a writing class eating up all the pages i print out and I have a 500 limit that would go to waste otherwise ;) I don't know if that's an option for you, but maybe you know a friendly college student . . . ?

I managed to print out my entire 489-page novel on my home printer for submission to an agent. I didn't do it all at once, though. It took about a ream of paper, and I ran out of toner and had to change the toner cartridge.

2005: In Back of the North Wind (urban fantasy) -- WINNER!
2006: Leopard's Paw (mystery) -- WINNER!
2007: The Old Straight Track (urban fantasy) -- WINNER!
Origami cranes completed: 42

"The night was moist." -- (Throw Momma from the Train)

I'm considering doing it when my university opens back up again... seeing as I kind of pay for the usage with student service fees and all...

Maybe you could hit up a college student, or try kinko's or somewhere like that.

Unnamed Sequel - 2008
Aldys, Knight of the Third Age - 2007 - Winner!

I take take my jump drive to Offiice Depot and let them print and bind it. It gives me a thrill to have it bound, it feels like a real book. It cost about $12.

Cherrie

The agent I sent the full manuscript to rejected it with a rejection form. If that wasn't bad enough, THEY WON'T RETURN THE MANUSCRIPT! I have e-mailed them. I reminded them that I sent it with a self-addressed STAMPED return box. They won't even spend the effort to tell me to go to hell.

So if someone else asks to see it -- not that that's likely -- I'll have to print the entire 489 pages out again, using yet another ream of paper and another toner cartridge.

How much would Kinko's or Staples charge for that? Would I just bring in a disk for them to print it from? It might actually turn out to cost less.

2005: In Back of the North Wind (urban fantasy) -- WINNER!
2006: Leopard's Paw (mystery) -- WINNER!
2007: The Old Straight Track (urban fantasy) -- WINNER!
Origami cranes completed: 42

"The night was moist." -- (Throw Momma from the Train)

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I'm not sure, but looking at sunburst717's post, she got it printed and bound for $12. I'm guessing it's around that range.

Is it true that the manuscript font should be 12-point Times New Roman, double spaced?

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No, standard manuscript format is 12 point double-spaced Courier. Check the publisher or agent's website and if there's nothing about specific manuscript format, go with the standard. Some do have other preferences, though, so be sure to check first.

I have to pay to use the printer at school. It makes me wonder what the $700+ per semester in fees goes to.

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"A bibliophile of little means is likely to suffer often. Books don't slip from his hands but fly past him through the air, high as birds, high as prices." --Pablo Neruda

Yes, use Courier. It's easier on the eyes. Because so few words are on the page, the editor moves them faster, which gives the sense that your story is moving swiftly. And that's good.

Although you should never submit a bound ms., some younger editors don't seem to mind double-sided mss. because they know it wastes less paper. And publishing is awash in wasted paper. But I'd call and ask or e-mail before sending a double-sided full ms. Make sure it's okay with the editor.

Partial ms. submissions put more stress on you to deliver the story in the first 50 pages and to write a good synopsis, but they do save paper.

Depending on your printer cartridge and the innards of your printer, it will be cheaper to take the ms. to Kinkos or the like and print it there. Overheating can kill a home printer.

Some people like Times New Roman, some like Courier, some like some other mysterious Font which is why they ask for electronic. Read the guidelines. Many are defaulting to Times New Roman these days. The difference is that Courier is an even spaced font, which means that the number of words per page will be about the same. Times New Roman can be easier to read for people who don't like fonts like that. Courier also had traditional problems of being too light and also takes up more space per page, meaning higher amounts of paper used. Yes, typography geek stuff. Either way, 12 point.

And don't worry, that paper often gets umm... recycled in creative ways. Like uhh... rejection letters (I heard about that once).

Telling someone you're a writer is like telling them you're an obsessive compulsive bipolar schizophrenic that goes to AA meetings once a week.

Ask someone who works at a law firm to print it for you. No joke.

My dad's worked at two different firms, and I guess they use ink up like water. He printed my first novel, second novel, the whole Stupid Ring LOTR parody, and today he's printing my third novel. :)

Another year, another revenge novel with weighty moral themes.

I just learned that you can have Kinko's print your manuscript by sending it online to them. They will save it for a year as well and it prints out as a pdf document. Sounds cool, but I haven't checked the pricing. it beats wearing out my home printer and buying a ream of paper.