Interestingly, while googling for "fedex kinkos", a targeted ad clued me
into a local www.aimmailcenters.com/PrintingServices company that I
hadn't known about prior.

a) They are less than half the price of FedEx Kinkos for printing.
b) Plus they're free for cutting (while Kinkos is $1.50 per cut per half
inch of paper).
c) Unfortunately, just like Kinkos, AIM doesn't offer the "perfect
binding" method either; so binding will still be on my own at home.

By those new numbers, a 200-page 8.5" tall by 5.5" wide paperback book
cost about $2.00 to create at home; about $5.50 at AIM; and about $13.00
at Kinkos.

Home:
- 200 book pages / 4 book pages per sheet = 50 sheets of paper
- Paper = 1¢ per sheet
- Toner = 1¢ per side = 2¢ per sheet
- Cutting = free
- Binding = almost free (about 50¢ in Gorilla Glue, cheesecloth, & NRE)
- Total = 50 sheets * 3¢/sheet + 50¢ binding = $2.00

AIM Mail Centers:
- 200 book pages / 2 printings per sheet = 100 printed sides
- Printing = 5¢ per printed side * 100 sides = $5.00
- Cutting = free
- Binding = almost free (about 50¢ in Gorilla Glue, cheesecloth, & NRE)
- Total = $5.00 for printing + $0 for cutting + $.50 for binding = $5.50

FedEx Kinkos:
- 200 book pages / 2 printings per sheet = 100 printed sides
- Printing = 11¢ per printed side * 100 sides = $11.00
- Cutting = $1.50 per cut per half inch of paper (about 125 sheets)
- Binding = almost free (about 50¢ in Gorilla Glue, cheesecloth, & NRE)
- Total = $11.00 for printing + $1.50 for cutting + $0.50 for binding = $
$13.00

At these prices, it might be worth the extra few bucks to have all the
books done at AIM (forget Kinkos).

Do you know of other relatively unknown printing centers?