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CD-Rs. But they are sliver bottomed and no one ever
suspects they are CD-R, nor have I have had any major issues with their
quality. I stopped making glass mastered after my first CD. Unless I'm
selling thousands of CDs, I consider it a waste of time. The new CD-Rs that
these manufacturers are making these days are a lot better quality than those
made in the past.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
hi,
i was wondering if kunaki produces cd-r's or glass mastered cds?
best.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:23
PM
Subject: Re: kunaki (was: What does it
mean to you, to "release a record"?)
Exellent description, Rainer. I am a huge fan of Kunaki, and
now have 14 CDs
and 3 DVDs published using the
service.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
> Mark
said:
> "whats this Kunaki.com thing.. gonna check after
this..."
>
> Kunaki is a service which makes CDs and DVDs (I'll
only focus on the
> CD part here). There is no initial setup cost, and
there is a fixed
> price of $1.75 per CD, independently of the number
of units ordered in
> one go or over lifetime.
> There are some
downsides - to qoute their website's FAQ: "Kunaki
> operates more like
a machine than a business and does not offer a
> personalized service.
[...] Because Kunaki is highly automated and
> focused on quality, low
price, and fast production, we offer a minimal
> range of
options."
>
> That's the biggest downside. The only option is a
jewel case with
> black tray and 2-page booklet (everything printed in
coulor).
> Another downside (for some) is that there are very specific
rules and
> a very specific flow for supplying your CD content. You
use their
> custom configuration software. It reads the data from a CD
in your
> computer, then you select several image documents (TIFF 8bit
RGB, NOT
> 16bit like it says on their website), also within the
software, and
> the software handles uploading data to their site.
Want to give them a
> WAV file and replication report instead? Doesn't
work. Want to use
> prepress PDFs? Doesn't work. Want a transparent
jewel case, four-page
> booklet, slim case or digipak? Doesn't
work.
>
> On the other side, everything they do (including
handling your orders
> and providing a web shop where your fans can
order your CDs at a price
> set by you) is free except for the cost to
you of $1.75 per CD.
>
> Basically, if you can live with the
limitations (and the most
> challenging ones for me are the package
limitations), it allows for a
> really extremely simple business plan.
The only pre production costs
> you have are the time you spend to
compile your album and its artwork,
> put it into the format they like
and use their software to transfer
> it. Starting from that point,
your total income per CD is the
> difference of price you set in their
webshop minus $1.75 for the sales
> you do from their webshop, or your
selling price minus 1.75$ and
> pro-rata shipping costs (for those you
sell e.g. at concerts).
>
> They also dropship to amazon and
CDbaby at no additional
cost.
>
>
Rainer
>
>
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