Producing a Boxed Set?

Producing a Boxed Set? 43

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @03:45PM from the for-music-and-other-media dept.

Roger Cox asks: "You've probably seen them in the 'cheap cd' section at your local store. They are all over the place anymore. Box Sets. CDs/DVDs in a nicely designed 'box'. I happen to work for a music group overseas who has out 5 full length albums out in the US. With the band's permission I was given the ok to put the 5 releases in a box set format. Despite how readily available box sets appear to be at stores, where does one go online to get pricing for such a box. Almost an entire week of researching this with search engines has turned up nothing but junk. The problem is 'box' appears to be widely associated with cardboard shipping boxes, which also are available to be 'custom printed'. I figure if I can buy a 2 DVD box set of the Little Rascals at Walmart for $5.88, it should not be this hard to find a source to do the packaging. Any pointers?"

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- Re:Interst does not indicate worth (Score:3, Insightful)
  
  by cybermancer ( 99420 ) writes:
  
  Just because a label or promoter is not interested in their work does not mean it is not worth being published in a box set. There are lots of small bands who's CD's I own who I would gladly buy a box set from if one was available.
Searching for box sets..... (Score:1)

by ramdac ( 302865 ) writes:

........might be as easy as using quotations around your search criteria, or by by using "collection" when searching for DVDs.

You're welcome. Drive through.
- Google-fu must be practiced. (Score:1, Informative)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  And it's more than quotes (although exact phrase is often helpful).
  
  In this case, -cardboard, with the additions of custom and cd [google.com] were enough. No where near as specific as I could have been, but 6th on the list [paramountsw.com] seems to be a winner.
  
  A little more refinement let's a few others worth considering (like these guys) [cd-duplica...turing.com].
Comment removed (Score:4, Informative)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @03:55PM (#7838037)

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- Box is so overused (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  People use 'box' for so many things. Reminds me of my favorite bumper sticker:
  
  MY GIRLFRIEND CAN'T WRESTLE
  BUT YOU SHOULD SEE HER BOX!
I don't know if this will help. (Score:4, Informative)

by GigsVT ( 208848 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @03:55PM (#7838039) Journal

The companies that do speciality packaging aren't generally the online type of company.

Assuming you want reasonable quantities (like maybe 100,000), go to www.smythco.com, or call them and ask for sales.

Disclosure, I work for them.

- - Re:You know those IBM commercials? (Score:1)
    
    by GigsVT ( 208848 ) writes:
    
    At our division we have an ecommerce site for existing customers. It's pretty comprehensive.
    
    When I say "not online" I really mean "no retail web presence".
- Re:idea (Score:1, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward writes:
  
  Just don't put all of your oggs in one basket...
  - Re:idea (Score:1, Offtopic)
    
    by itwerx ( 165526 ) writes:
    
    Just don't put all of your oggs in one basket...
    
    Ohmigawd that's funny!!
    (In this context anyway. :)
    If I get mod points any time soon I'll come back and mod you up!
    - Re:idea (Score:1, Offtopic)
      
      by Andy Smith ( 55346 ) writes:
      
      If I get mod points any time soon I'll come back and mod you up!
      
      Except you couldn't mod a comment in this discussion because you've posted a comment yourself.
      - Re:idea (Score:2)
        
        by itwerx ( 165526 ) writes:
        
        As long as your browser session is still active (and I never close it :) you can go back to the page-state when it allowed you to mod.
        You can then go ahead and mod whereupon you receive a warning stating that your comments will be removed, which would be fine in this case because I hadn't commented anywhere else in this article. Et voila'!
Try a local printing shop. (Score:2)

by Zachary Kessin ( 1372 ) writes:

This is what they do. Figure out who you can go to to get CD's made. they should be able to give your a price.
A Wiliiam Shatner Boxed Set? (Score:1)

by IM6100 ( 692796 ) writes:

Would that include all seventeen versions of 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds'? Even the blotter edition?
Try This (Score:3, Informative)

by cybermage ( 112274 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @04:46PM (#7838504) Homepage Journal

Try this CD Case [polymatrix.com] that holds six cd's and then shrink-wrap it shut.

- Re:Try This (Score:3, Informative)
  
  by Spoing ( 152917 ) writes:
  
  I've had bad experiences with super-slim CD cases. Usually, the CD pops out or (worse) the hub on the CD becomes cracked because it is too tight.
  Not saying the case you mention has these faults, though I'd get a sample first just to be careful.
Clue by four (Score:2)

by redtail1 ( 603986 ) writes:

You're using a search engine to research this? Sheesh. Try using quotes around the term "box set" so you don't end up with sites about ugly televisions.
jewelboxing and burgopak (Score:4, Informative)

by FrenZon ( 65408 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @04:57PM (#7838652) Homepage

I highly recommend you check out Jewelboxing [jewelboxing.com] and Burgopak [burgopak.com] for some stylish CD/DVD packaging options.

- Re:jewelboxing (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Coudal ( 736648 ) writes: on Tuesday December 30, 2003 @06:00PM (#7839564)
  
  Thanks for mentioning us. If anybody reading this thread wants to give the Jewelboxing system a try today, we'll knock ten bucks off a 20pack as a special Askslashdot deal. Follow this this link [jewelboxing.com] for more info.
  
Digibox / Digipack (Score:2)

by Joel Rowbottom ( 89350 ) writes:

I've heard them referred to as "Digipacks" (possibly "Digiboxes"?) in the UK. May help?
Talk to a printing press... (Score:2, Informative)

by BlueSteel ( 597448 ) writes:

Working for an advertising agency, we get all kinds off odd-ball projects. I've found most of the time a printing press rep. is the best contact. If they don't know, they know someone who knows.

Most of the time it's just a matter of designing around a template, then sending it off to press. They will handle the assembly.
Problem solved! (Score:1, Informative)

by Anonymous Coward writes:

I believe discmakers.com does it. Check out their site or give them a call.
Call Discmakers (Score:2, Informative)

by grossdog ( 15657 ) writes:

Check out discmakers.com. They make these things really easy and have decent prices.

No, I'm not affiliated with them in any way, no kickbacks, nothing. I do know the owner of the place, though, and he's a very honest guy. A lot of people in the CD manufacturing industry are not.
The answer to your searching woes (Score:1)

by Mr. Darl McBride ( 704524 ) writes:

Go back to Google and do the same searches you were doing before, but put "box set" in quotes so the words are forced to occur together.
It's that simple.
8cm discs? (Score:2)

by Kris_J ( 10111 ) * writes:

Anyone know where I can get some interest options for 8cm discs?
"anymore" (Score:1)

by vigilology ( 664683 ) writes:

What is it with confusing illiterates using "anymore" when they shouldn't? This and the previous Ask Slashdot: Exporting Myself summaries had me reading those bits twice to decipher what the author actually meant.
All you need to know about Box Sets (Score:2)

by Thing 1 ( 178996 ) writes:

Words & [lyrics007.com] Music by Steven Page

01234567890123456789 I never thought that you would love me the way that you do.
01234567890123456789 I never thought that you would love me half as much as I do.
01234567890123456789 You say you wanna know everything about me. Well here you go.
01234567890123456789 You say you couldn't live your life without me. I don't know.
01234567890123456789 But if you want it girl, you've got it,
01234567890123456789 it's all right here,
01234567890123456789 in my box set.
012
YASFJC (Yet Another Source For Jewel Cases) (Score:2)

by clem.dickey ( 102292 ) writes:

Try looking (or asking) on usenet boards to see what other people like. I order small quantities (10 to 500) of this sort of stuff from Americal [americal.com]. In this case, though, their usable CD cases max out a 4 CDs. Their 6 CD case doesn't have nubs for front or back cover inserts. But they are careful enough to warn you about that.
Digipack (Score:2)

by Unknown Lamer ( 78415 ) writes:

Most boxed sets are made using Digipacks [digipack.com]. I have tons of Digipack CDs and one five disc box set (Iced Earth's Dark Genesis) Digipack. They can do basically anything you want. A standard four discs on the outer two panels with a book in the middle and a fifth disc stored on the back page of the book (like the Iced Earth box set) is certainly doable (all bound into one nice box with four color printing on the entire thing and with an outer protecting box). It can't be terribly expensive because the Iced Earth
Print Broker (Score:2)

by sakusha ( 441986 ) writes:

You need to find a Print Broker. There are usually a few in every major city, just look it up in the Business-to-Business yellow pages, or Yahoo, Google, whatever. The print/packaging is all the same, anyone could produce it. The broker's job is to find the best deal for you, and take a small cut in the process, but even with the broker's cut, it's always cheaper than muddling your own way through the deal. My friends use an LA broker but the final product sometimes come from as far away as Singapore, if th
Try the people who did "Little Rascals" (Score:1)

by 91degrees ( 207121 ) writes:

The publishers might be able to help you, or the people who did the box might have a company name on the box somewhere.

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Producing a Boxed Set?

Re:Interst does not indicate worth (Score:3, Insightful)

Searching for box sets..... (Score:1)

Google-fu must be practiced. (Score:1, Informative)

Comment removed (Score:4, Informative)

Box is so overused (Score:2, Funny)

I don't know if this will help. (Score:4, Informative)

Re:You know those IBM commercials? (Score:1)

Re:idea (Score:1, Funny)

Re:idea (Score:1, Offtopic)

Re:idea (Score:1, Offtopic)

Re:idea (Score:2)

Try a local printing shop. (Score:2)

A Wiliiam Shatner Boxed Set? (Score:1)

Try This (Score:3, Informative)

Re:Try This (Score:3, Informative)

Clue by four (Score:2)

jewelboxing and burgopak (Score:4, Informative)

Re:jewelboxing (Score:4, Informative)

Digibox / Digipack (Score:2)

Talk to a printing press... (Score:2, Informative)

Problem solved! (Score:1, Informative)

Call Discmakers (Score:2, Informative)

The answer to your searching woes (Score:1)

8cm discs? (Score:2)

"anymore" (Score:1)

All you need to know about Box Sets (Score:2)

YASFJC (Yet Another Source For Jewel Cases) (Score:2)

Digipack (Score:2)

Print Broker (Score:2)

Try the people who did "Little Rascals" (Score:1)

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