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From: wack@udel.EDU (Andrew Wack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIGS and CD/ROM
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Date: 23 Mar 89 15:47:28 GMT
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In article <8903230126.aa10495@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET writes:
>Another question...or two.
>Is it true that it costs about $2200.00 dollars to master a cd?  Then the
>cost per cd goes to about 4.00 or so? (provided volume).

Depends on what company you go to...I've been in the process of getting a
CD (music) pressed and the best deal I found was $1600 for 1000 discs
complete.  This includes mastering, pressing, jewel boxes, printing the
label on the disc, and inserting user supplied booklet and back cover.
This price is from Phillips Dupont Optical.  I think it breaks down into
about $600 for mastering and then $1.00 per CD.

As a side note, this is about HALF the price I was quoted a year ago
when I began the project.  Turns out the there is currently a serious
amount of over capacity at the CD manufacturing plants...

			    Andrew Wack

wack@udel.edu