>We're currently paying $6 plus shipping per CD-ROM that we get from Walnut >Creek. We buy 2-300 at a time and about 1K+ per year. Can we get equivalent >pricing? What is the cost of production? Is it true that, like all publishing/printing >situations, the cost is in the initial pressing & in the setup, and that the actually >copies are cheep? Mastering runs on the order of $600 from the pressing plant with per-replica copies at $1 with a jewel case but without a printed booklet. This is with a two color printing job on the CD-ROM (black and one other). As for "shipping", there is a world of difference in the cost between shipping them out one at a time and shipping them out in a box full of 240 (Sony plant in Terre Haute) or 200 (Phillips? plant in Ohio). A consideration for those actually placing the order with the pressing plant would be whether they have your firm order for a particular quantity at the time they place their order with the pressing plant. Repressings involve a setup charge as well. All the above can get more expensive depending on your requested turnaround time which can range from 1 to 10 days. Larry Kilgallen