Printing Recommendations

If You Want A Print Shop To Do The Printing
        If you need multiple copies of one or more Sound City Reading books printed, Docucopies.com has done an excellent job on the orders that I have sent to them.  Their prices are better than the local copy shops in my area, and they have a wide choice of paper weights and cover weights from which to choose.  Most importantly, the text colors for the color-coded vowels books print very well.   I've had samples printed at a number of local copy shops, and the print colors for the vowels did not match the colors I set up and printed from my home computer.  In the materials I have had printed at Docucopies, the colors have been accurate.  This is important so that students can easily distinguish among the different vowel colors when they are reading. 
        There are many local and online print shops.  You may be able to find another location that prints the colors accurately.  Be sure to try printing a few pages on their printers first, before submitting a large order, to make sure all of the vowel colors print correctly and are easily distinguishable.   
Click the green bar to go to the Docucopies web site.
        The minimum order at Docucopies is two copies of any item.  If you order more than six items, the price goes down.  The more copies you order, the lower the price.   
        This option would work well for schools that need large numbers of copies.  If you are a parent and you are home schooling, you may be able to team up with other parents to place an order. 
        When I order books from Docucopies, here are the specifications that I use.
  • The inside paper I used is white 23/70# Text Smooth.  This is a heavyweight paper that prevents strong images from showing from the other side of the paper.  This is important for beginning readers so they  are not distracted by the print and pictures on the other side of the page.    
  • The cover used is white 16 pt Extra Thick Gloss.  This makes a very nice, extra thick, sturdy cover.  For most books, the front cover is printed one sided facing the front, and the back cover is printed one sided facing the back.  A few of the Sound City Reading books have printing on both sides of either the front cover or the back cover or both.
  • The binding I use is white spiral binding.  It looks very nice with the printed covers.  On the inside, where students are reading, the white coil blends into the white background, so that it is not distracting to the eye.  
  • Do not choose "bleed covers."  Choose "No - 1/4" white margin."   

The website will take you through the steps to fill in the information needed.  You will enter the total number of printed pages, including the front and back covers.  You will print the inside pages double-sided.  Each side printed is considered a separate page.  One sided covers are considered as just one page each.  

The company often has their spiral bound books priced on sale at 15% off.
Copyright Information
The Sound City Reading materials are copyrighted.  I give permission to parents, teachers, and tutors to download, save, and print them for their own students or children.  School wide use is permitted.  It is permissible for homeschooling parents, schools, school districts, and locations that tutor to print the PDF files for use with the students they teach, either on site or at copy shops.  Under no circumstances are they to make a profit from distributing the materials.  All other uses are prohibited.

Sound City Reading

All Materials Copyright 2021 by Kathryn J. Davis
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Teachers, parents, tutors, and schools may download and print PDF files to use with the students they teach. Under no circumstances are they to make a profit from distributing the materials.
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​All other uses of these materials are prohibited.
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