Digital BW, The Print

I was thinking more along the lines of how much do you think you should 
pay to have a book printed and bound, not about it's resale amount.

And I read the article about the newer book that Mr. Reichmann put 
together.... In order to get the per book cost down, he had to buy a 
LOT of those books. 1000 books should not be considered a short run, 
and just goes to show what it costs to get a real press up and going. 
The costs are another reason that profiling a real press is seldom 
done, it's just plain too expensive to run all that ink and paper just 
to print the targets. There are other solutions to the profiling 
problem, but for best results, it's expensive.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/100-books.shtml

It's an interesting read for those that haven't seen it yet.

One note, where he describes how he proofed the images on his 
printer.... You should realy use the Epson Professional Proofing Paper 
semi-matte as opposed to the regular Epson semi-matte paper. The shade 
of the paper will be much closer. You should also profile that paper 
for best results. Also note that the proofing paper will change color 
after a couple of months, this is normal. Most proofing papers have a 
limited lifetime, though many of the newer versions are much more 
stable.